HC Deb 27 July 1976 vol 916 cc219-21W
Mr. Sproat

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what total sum has been paid out by offices of his Department, in the latest 12 months for which figures are available, in respect of war orphans' pension;

(2) what total sum has been paid out by offices of his Department, in the latest 12 months for which figures are available, in respect of widows' allowance;

(3) what total sum has been paid out by offices of his Department, in the latest latest 12 months for which figures are available, in respect of widowed mothers' allowance;

(4) what total sum has been paid out by offices of his Department, in the last 12 months for which figures are available, in respect of widows' age-related pension;

(5) what total sum has been paid out by offices of his Department, in the latest 12 months for which figures are available, in respect of invalidity allowance;

(6) what total sum has been paid out by offices of his Department, in the latest 12 months for which figures are available, in respect of children's special allowance;

(7) what total sum has been paid out by offices of his Department, in the latest 12 months for which figures are available, in respect of attendance allowance;

(8) what total sum has been paid out by his Department in the latest 12 months for which figures are available, in respect of family allowance;

(9) what total sum has been paid out by his Department, in the latest 12 months for which figures are available, in respect of constant attendance allowance;

(10) what total sum has been paid out by offices of his Department, in the latest 12 months for which figures are available, in respect of death grant;

(11) what total sum has been paid out by offices of his Department, in the latest 12 months for which figures are available of family income supplement;

(12) what total sum has been paid out by offices of his Department, in the latest 12 months for which figures are available, in respect of guardians' allowance;

(13) what total sum has been paid out by offices of his Department, in the latest 12 months for which figures are available, in respect of industrial death benefit;

(14) what total sum has been paid out by offices of his Department, in the latest 12 months for which figures are available, in respect of industrial disablement pension;

(15) what total sum has been paid out by offices of his Department, in the latest 12 months for which figures are available, in respect of injury benefit;

(16) what total sum has been paid out by offices of his Department, in the latest 12 months for which figures are available, in respect of invalidity pension;

(17) what total sum has been paid out by offices of his Department, in the latest 12 months for which figures are available, in respect of maternity allowance;

(18) what total sum has been paid out by offices of his Department, in the latest 12 months for which figures are available, in respect of maternity grant;

(19) what total sum has been paid out by offices of his Department, in the latest 12 months for which figures are available, in respect of mobility allowance;

(20) what total sum has been paid out by offices of his Department, in the latest 12 months for which figures are available, in respect of retirement pension;

(21) what total sum has been paid out by offices of his Department, in the latest 12 months for which figures are available, in respect of sickness benefit;

(22) what total sum has been paid out by offices of his Department, in the latest 12 months for which figures are available, in respect of supplementary benefit;

(23) what total sum has been paid out by offices of his Department, in the latest 12 months for which figures are available, in respect of war widows' pension;

(24) what total sum has been paid out by offices of his Department, in the latest 12 months for which figures are available, in respect of war disablement pension;

(25) what total sum has been paid out by offices of his Department, in the latest 12 months for which figures are available, in respect of old persons' pensions;

(26) what total sum has been paid out by offices of his Department, in the latest 12 months for which figures are available, in respect of unemployability supplement and allowance.

Mr. Deakins

The provisional estimate of payments for the financial year 1975–76 is as follows:

Benefit Expenditure in 1915–76 (£ million)
War Orphans' Pension 0.2
Widows' Allowance 47
Widowed Mothers' Allowance 124
Widows' Age-Related Pension 48
Invalidity Allowance 26
Childs' Special Allowance 0.3
Attendance Allowance 96
Family Allowance 537
Constant Attendance Allowance (war and industrial disablement) 4
Death Grant 15
Family Income Supplement 12
Guardians' Allowance 2
Industrial Death Benefit 23
Industrial Disablement Pension 62
Injury Benefit 39
Invalidity Pension 412
Maternity Allowance 37
Maternity Grant 15
Mobility Allowance 0.6
Retirement Pension 4,773
Sickness Benefit 425
Supplementary Benefit 1,195
War Widows Pension 78
War Disablement Pension 140
Old Persons' Pension 34
Unemployability Supplement (war and industrial disablement) 10