HC Deb 21 March 1980 vol 981 c360W
Mr. Alfred Morris

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the total spending of his Department on benefits and services for the chronically sick and disabled in each of the years 1970–71 to 1978–79; and if he will give the change year by year in percentage as well as money terms.

Mr. Prentice

I shall let the right hon. Gentleman have a reply as soon as information has been extracted from the records and the necessary calculations made.