§ Mr. Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing (a) the administrative costs of paying supplementary benefit to the unemployed for the years 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84 and 1984–85 and (b) the administrative costs of paying unemployment benefit over the same period.
§ Mr. WhitneyAdministrative costs cannot be allocated precisely to individual benefits, but the following figures give a rough indication: