§ Mr. Meacherasked 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:
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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
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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.