§ Mr. Gouldasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to his reply dated 7 July, Official Report, c. 173–4, concerning gross receipts and payments from the European Community budget, whether he will give his estimates for the year 1983 and the financial year 1983–84.
§ Mr. RidleyI refer the hon. Member to chapter 2.2 of the latest public expenditure White Paper — Cmnd. 8789-II. Subsequent changes in estimates of gross contribution and receipts will, of course, be included in the next public expenditure White Paper.
(a) (b) (c) Total benefits paid to unemployed people* Total expenditure from the Redundancy Fund (a) plus (b) as a proportion of Gross Domestic Product (£ million cash) (£ million cash) (percentage) 1973–74 330 31 0.5 1974–75 400 48 0.5 1975–76 840 107 0.9 1976–77 1150 95 1.0 1977–78 1370 82 1.0 1978–79 1330 89 0.8 1979–80 1420 113 0.8 1980–81 2470 278 1.2 1981–82 4010 421 1.7 1982–83 4910 382 1.9 1983–84 5770 340 2.1 * Figures include housing benefit paid with supplementary benefit.