§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how much a single man aged 22 years(a) living with parents and (b) living in a council flat received in unemployment benefit and supplementary benefit with or without income support if he was unemployed on 1 April in each year between 1979 and the current year; and if he will express these payments in real terms taking 100 as the base for 1 April 1979.
§ Mr. ScottThe information is in the table.
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benefit. 4The figures for 1 April 1979 to 1 April 1983 inclusive have been adjusted to take account of the fact that benefit was uprated by the retail price index less housing costs from November 1983.
1 April 1989 £ 1. Unemployment Benefit-Standard personal benefit rate 32.75 2. Value of 1 in real terms, taking 100 as the base for 1 April 1979 98.8 3. Income Support personal allowance for person aged 18–24 26.05 4. Value of 3 in real terms, taking 100 as the base for 1 April 1979 94.6 5. Income Support personal allowance for person aged 18–24 26.05 6. Value of 5 in real terms, taking 100 as the base for 1 April 1979 84.6
1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 DSS total expenditure:(£ million) Cash 16,437 19,416 23,483 28,582 32,451 35,159 38,119 41,487 44,424 46,263 47,162 50,200 In 1978–79 prices 16,437 16,625 16,990 18,835 19,944 20,645 21,324 22,025 22,815 22,564 21,446 21,334 Expenditure per 100,000 population: (£ million) Cash 30.1 35.5 42.9 52.1 59.3 64.2 69.4 75.3 80.5 83.6 85.0 90.3 In 1978–79 prices 30.1 30.4 31.0 34.4 36.4 37.7 38.8 40.0 41.3 40.8 38.6 38.4 Percentage of GDP 9.5 9.4 9.9 11.0 11.4 11.4 11.5 11.5 11.5 10.8 9.9 9.7