§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list for each social security benefit how much extra would be spent if all those entitled to claim that benefit, according to his Department's own estimates, did so.
§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[holding answer 16 January 1989]: No precise estimates of total unclaimed benefits can be provided and those figures which the Department does publish give no more than the broadest orders of magnitude. I refer the hon. Member to paragraphs 21 to 25 and table 15.17 on pages 272 to 273 of Cm. 288 (the 1988 public expenditure White Paper) for details of the latest
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Trends in actual current expenditure on hospital and community health services 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–881 Northern Net spending (£ million) 518.3 550.7 583.0 617.4 661.8 723.5 Charges (£ million) 2.6 3.3 3.9 2.7 2.8 2.9 Total spending (£ million) 520.8 554.0 586.9 620.1 664.6 726.4 Increase (per cent.) — 6.4 5.9 5.7 7.2 9.3 Inflation in service (per cent.) — 5.1 5.8 5.2 6.9 8.5 Change in purchasing power (per cent.) — 1.2 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.7 (£ million) — 6.7 0.7 2.7 1.7 5.3 Change in real terms (per cent.) — 1.7 0.8 0.2 3.7 3.8 Cash releasing cost improvements New (£ million) — — 4.0 5.2 8.9 9.1 Recurrent (£ million) — — 4.0 9.1 17.4 27.1 Increase—new cost improvements (per cent.) — — 0.7 0.9 1.4 1.3 Margin available for service development in year (per cent.) — 1.2 0.8 1.3 1.7 2.0 (£ million) — 6.7 4.8 8.3 11.1 14.9 Yorkshire Net spending (£ million) 578.5 613.6 651.1 694.3 742.9 811.8 Charges (£ million) 4.9 6.0 6.5 5.3 5.2 5.6 Total spending (£ million) 583.4 619.6 657.6 699.5 748.1 817.4 Increase (per cent.) — 6.2 6.1 6.4 6.9 9.3 Inflation in service (per cent.) — 5.1 5.8 5.2 6.9 8.5 Change in purchasing power (per cent.) — 1.0 0.3 1.1 0.0 0.7 (£ million) — 6.5 2.1 7.8 0.3 5.7 Change in real terms (per cent.) — 1.6 1.0 0.9 3.5 3.8 Cash releasing cost improvements New (£ million) — — 7.1 10.0 11.8 10.5 Recurrent (£ million) — — 7.1 15.3 28.1 40.6 Increase—new cost improvements (per cent.) — — 1.1 1.5 1.6 1.3 Margin available for service development in year (per cent.) — 1.0 1.4 2.6 1.6 2.0 (£ million) — 6.5 9.3 18.5 12.3 16.4 Trent Net spending (£ million) 691.7 737.2 789.8 839.2 910.1 1,004.7 Charges (£ million) 5.0 5.2 5.5 4.0 4.4 4.7 Total spending (£ million) 696.7 742.4 795.3 843.2 914.5 1,009.4 Increase (per cent.) — 6.6 7.1 6.0 8.5 10.4 Inflation in service (per cent.) — 5.1 5.8 5.2 6.9 8.5 Change in purchasing power (per cent.) — 1.4 1.2 0.8 1.5 1.7 (£ million) — 10.3 9.9 6.6 13.3 17.5 Change in real terms (per cent.) — 1.9 2.0 0.6 5.0 4.8 Cash releasing cost improvements New (£ million) — — 8.0 13.2 12.1 9.2 Recurrent (£ million) — — 8.0 20.9 33.5 44.9 Increase—new cost improvements (per cent.) — — 1.0 1.6 1.3 1.0 Margin available for service development in year (per cent.) — 1.4 2.3 2.4 2.8 2.7 (£ million) — 10.3 18.0 20.2 25.4 27.7 available take-up estimates for the main income-related benefits. Take-up estimates for 1985 should be available shortly.