HC Deb 01 December 1983 vol 49 cc616-8W
Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what has been the total expenditure on the personal social services each year since 1970 at (a) current prices and (b) 1983 prices; and what were these totals as a percentage of gross national product each year;

(2) what has been the expenditure on the personal social services each year since 1970, both at current prices and at 1983 prices; what was the percentage increase over each of these years; and what were each of these totals as a percentage of gross national product each year.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

[pursuant to his reply, 24 November 1983, c. 294]: A footnote was inadvertently omitted from the table. The correct reply should read as follows.

The figures requested by the hon. Member are as follow:

Family
Country No. of Families No. of Persons Single Persons Total Persons
India 1 2 2
Jamaica 1 4 1 5
Nigeria 1 2 2
Trinidad 1 1
1977
Anguilla 1 1
Austria 1 2 1 3
Bangladesh 1 2 2 4
Barbados 2 4 2 6
Canada 2 4 4
Cyprus 2 9 9
Fiji 2 2
Gambia 1 1
Greece 1 1
Guyana 4 11 4 15
Hungary 1 1
India 1 1
Jamaica 4 11 9 20
Malta 2 2
Montserrat 1 1

Family
Country No. of Families No. of Persons Single Persons Total Persons
New Zealand 1 2 2
Nigeria 3 12 2 14
Somalia 2 2
South Africa 1 1
South Yemen 1 1
Sri Lanka 1 1
St. Kitts 1 1
St. Lucia 2 2
St. Nevis 1 1
St. Vincent 3 13 1 14
W. Germany 1 2 2
1978
Antigua 1 1
Australia 1 3 1 4
Bangladesh 1 2 2
Barbados 4 16 16
Belgium 1 2 2
Cyprus 1 1
Dominica 1 2 2
Grenada 1 2 1 3
Guyana 2 2
India 1 9 2 11
Israel 1 1
Jamaica 4 10 6 16
Nigeria 2 9 9
Pakistan 1 1
Sierre Leone 1 1
Sri Lanka 1 2 2
St. Kitts 1 1
U.S.A. 1 5 5
W. Germany 1 4 4
1979
Antigua 1 1
Australia 1 1
Bangladesh 1 1
Barbados 1 2 1 3
Burma 1 1
Dominica 1 1
India 4 4
Jamaica 1 5 10 15
Nigeria 2 9 9
Pakistan 1 1
Rhodesia 1 2 2
Somalia 2 2
South Yemen 2 2
St. Helena 1 2 2
St. Kitts 1 2 1 3
St. Lucia 2 2
St. Vincent 1 1
1980
Aden 1 1
Antigua 1 1
Australia 1 4 4
Bangladesh 1 1
Barbados 1 2 1 3
Dominica 1 1
Ghana 1 2 2
Grenada 1 1
Hong Kong 1 1
India 1 1
Jamaica 1 4 4 8
New Zealand 1 3 3
Nigeria 1 2 2
Poland 2 2
Somalia 1 1
South Yemen 1 4 4
St. Kitts 1 1
St. Lucia 1 1
St. Vincent 1 2 1 3

Family
Country No. of Families No. of Persons Single Persons Total Persons
Trinidad 2 8 1 9
1981
Barbados 2 2
Canada 2 2
Columbia 1 1
Egypt 1 1
India 2 4 1 5
Jamaica 1 2 3 5
Khartoum 1 1
Nigeria 1 2 2
Portugal 1 5 5
St. Kitts 1 2 1 3
Tasmania 1 1
Trinidad 1 1
1982
Antigua 3 3
Australia 1 1
Dominica 1 1
Guyana 1 1
India 1 1
Jamaica 3 16 8 24
Malta 1 1
Nigeria 1 1
Somalia 1 1
South Africa 1 1
St. Kitts 1 4 2 6
St. Vincent 1 2 3 5
Trinidad 1 2 1 3
1983*
Antigua 2 2
Bangladesh 1 1
Barbados 1 1
Brazil 1 3 3
Canada 1 1
Denmark 1 2 2
Dominica 1 1
India 2 2
Jamaica 2 6 6 12
Pakistan 1 1
Sierre Leone 1 1
Somalia 1 1
South Yemen 2 2
St. Lucia 2 4 1 5
St. Nevis 1 1
St. Vincent 1 2 2
Trinidad 1 1
* 1976 statistics refer to November and December only, as Supplementary Benefits Act effective from November onwards; 1983 statistics only available up to and including November.