§ Miss Richardsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how the figure of £66 million savings in social security expenditure in 1981–82 was arrived at in the summary of public expenditure policy decisions in the light of the figures given in the Official Report, 13 November 1980, volume 992, column 416.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe £66 million represents the net saving in social security expenditure in 1981–82 at 1980 survey prices resulting from various policy decisions taken since the March public expenditure White Paper (Cmnd. 7841).
The figures provided in my reply to the hon. Member on 13 November—[Vol. 992, c. 416]—represents the annual cost for 1980–81 at current prices of a one per cent. increase in certain benefits. The saving in 1981–82 from the decision to uprate certain benefits by one percentage point less than prices from November 1981 would be £52 million at 1980 survey prices.