§ Sir Brandon Rhys Williamsasked the Prime Minister if she will update her answer to the hon. Member for Kensington, 12 February 1985, Official Report, column 102, giving the breakdown of revenues from local rates in the United Kingdom, in each year since 1978–79.
§ The Prime MinisterThe following is the available information:
social services, (d) Manpower Services Commission and Northern Ireland equivalent grants and allowances, (e) student grants and (f) income tax.
§ The Prime MinisterInformation is not available in precisely the form requested; what is available is set out in the table:
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Cost of administration of:— £ million United Kingdom 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 (a) Social Security benefits 1,608 1,616 1,784 (b) Housing benefit* 104 124 137 (c) Personal Social services† 409 420 n/a (d) Manpower Services Commission and Northern Ireland equivalent schemes‡ 275 276 299 (f) Income Taxob/ 676 730 793 Figures for the costs of administering student grants are not available n/a=not available
* Item (b) represents the cost to local authorities of administering housing benefit. The cost to central Government of administration of this benefit cannot be identified separately, and is included in item (a).
† Costs to local authorities. Figures for 1985–86 are not yet available.
‡ The cost of administering all Manpower Services Commission programmes in Great Britain except the Skills Training Agency and Professional and Executive Recruitment and the costs of administering the Northern Ireland equivalent schemes to those administered by the Manpower Services Commission.
ob/ The cost to central Government of the collection of income tax.