HC Deb 16 February 1979 vol 962 cc691-5W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will publish in the Official Report tables corresponding to Table 2.12 of "The Government's Expenditure Plans 1979–80 to 1982–83", Command Paper No. 7439, but giving the identifiable public expenditure

IDENTIFIABLE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PER HEAD OF THE POPULATION IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND WALES ON SOCIAL SECURITY
(at current prices)
1973–74
£per head
England Scotland Wales
Pension benefits: national insurance
Retirement pensions 50 47 53
Invalidity benefit 4 4 9
Industrial disablement benefit 1 2 3
Widows' pension and industrial death benefit, etc. 4 4 5
Pension benefits: other 5 5 6
Supplementary benefit
Supplementary pensions 5 5 5
Supplementary allowances 7 10 9
Family benefits
Child benefit (up to 1976–77 family allowances, including child interim benefit) 6 7 6
Tax revenue from reduction in child tax allowances — — —
Net Exchequer cost of child benefit — — —
Family income supplement — — —
Other non-pension benefits: national insurance
Sickness and injury benefits and maternity allowance 6 9 11
Unemployment benefit 3 5 4
Widows' allowances, maternity/death grants 1 1 1
Administration and miscellaneous services 5 2 2
Total* 99 102 115

per capita and per capita of those receiving such benefits, respectively, in England, Scotland and Wales, respectively.

Mr. Joel Barnett

I have been asked to reply.

Estimates of identifiable public expenditure in England, Scotland and Wales are available at current prices and for past years only. The latest figures available are for 1977–78. As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services has already stated in a reply given on 12 February, comparable estimates are not available of the average numbers receiving the main benefits in England, Scotland and Wales, respectively. The table below however gives identifiable public expenditure on social security for 1973–74 to 1977–78, in England, Scotland and Wales respectively, per head of the population, analysed as in table 2.12 of Command 7439 but with the smaller elements aggregated. The figures are mainly derived from Post Office encashment statistics, and are on the same basis as those given in the Answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Gravesend (Mr. Ovenden) on 17 January 1979.— [Vol. 960, c. 781–794.]

1974–75
£per head
England Scotland Wales
Pension benefits: national insurance
Retirement pensions 66 60 67
Invalidity benefit 5 9 12
Industrial disablement benefit 2 2 4
Widows' pension and industrial death benefit, etc. 5 5 6
Pension benefits: other 7 7 8
Supplementary benefit
Supplementary pensions 6 7 7
Supplementary allowances 6 12 11
Family benefits
Child benefit (up to 1976–77 family allowances, including child interim benefit) 6 7 6
Tax revenue from reduction in child tax allowances — — —
Net Exchequer cost of child benefit — — —
Family income supplement — — —
Other non-pension benefits: national insurance
Sickness and injury benefits and maternity allowance 7 9 11
Unemployment benefit 4 5 5
Widows' allowances, maternity/death grants 1 1 1
Administration and miscellaneous services 7 2 3
Total* 125 126 141
1975–76
£per head
England Scotland Wales
Pension benefits: national insurance
Retirement pensions 88 81 89
Invalidity benefit 7 13 17
Industrial disablement benefit 3 3 5
Widows' pension and industrial death benefit, etc. 7 6 7
Pension benefits: other 7 7 9
Supplementary benefit
Supplementary pensions 7 8 8
Supplementary allowances 14 15 17
Family benefits
Child benefit (up to 1976–77 family allowances, including child interim benefit) 10 11 9
Tax revenue from reduction in child tax allowances — — —
Net Exchequer cost of child benefit — — —
Family income supplement — — —
Other non-pension benefits: national insurance
Sickness and injury benefits and maternity allowance 9 12 14
Unemployment benefit 8 11 10
Widows' allowances, maternity/death grants 1 1 1
Administration and miscellaneous services 10 3 3
Total* 171 171 189
1976–77
£ per head
England Scotland Wales
Pension benefits: national insurance
Retirement pensions 103 98 106
Invalidity benefit 9 16 21
Industrial disablement benefit 3 3 5
Widows' pension and industrial death benefit, etc. 7 9 9
Pension benefits: other 8 8 11
Supplementary benefit
Supplementary pensions 9 8 9
Supplementary allowances 19 21 24
Family benefits
Child benefit (up to 1976–77 family allowances, including child interim benefit) 10 11 9
Tax revenue from reduction in child tax allowances — — —
Net Exchequer cost of child benefit — — —
Family income supplement — — —

£ per head
England Scotland Wales
Other non-pension benefits: national insurance
Sickness and injury benefits and maternity allowance 11 14 17
Unemployment benefit 10 14 12
Widows' allowances, maternity/death grants 2 2 2
Administration and miscellaneous services 11 4 4
Total* 202 209 230
1977–78†
£ per head
England Scotland Wales
Pension benefits: national insurance
Retirement pensions 119 113 123
Invalidity benefit 11 20 25
Industrial disablement benefit 3 3 7
Widows' pension and industrial death benefit, etc. 8 10 11
Pension benefits: other 12 12 15
Supplementary benefit
Supplementary pensions 10 10 11
Supplementary allowances 24 27 31
Family benefits
Child benefit (up to 1976–77 family allowances, including child interim benefit) 16 18 15
Tax revenue from reduction in child tax allowances −4 −4 −4
Net Exchequer cost of child benefit 12 14 12
Family income supplement — 1 1
Other non-pension benefits: national insurance
Sickness and injury benefits and maternity allowance 12 16 20
Unemployment benefit 11 18 15
Widows' allowances, maternity/death grants 2 2 2
Administration and miscellaneous services 13 5 5
Total* 240 250 276
* Figures are independently rounded to nearest £, and may not sum to totals.
† Provisional.