HC Deb 18 March 1980 vol 981 cc151-2W
Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will express the total annual amount of unemployment benefit as a percentage of the public sector borrowing requirement.

Mr. Peter Rees

[pursuant to his reply, 14 March 1980]: No. There is no fixed relationships between the two figures. If the hon. Member wishes to draw comparisons of his own he will find information on the public sector borrowing requirement in Table 2.3 of "Financial Statistics" and on expenditure on unemployment benefit in the accounts of the National Insurance Fund.