Benefits (Long-term Sick and Disabled) (Hansard, 2 April 1990)

HC Deb 02 April 1990 vol 170 c488W 488W

§ 27. Mr. Andrew Mitchell
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the average annual real increase in spending on benefits for long-term sick and disabled people over the period(a) 1974 to 1979 and (b) 1979 to date; and if he will make a statement.

§ Mr. Scott
The average annual real increase, at 1989–90 prices, was as follows:

£ million

(a) 1974–75 to 1978–79 220

(b) 1978–79 to 1988–89 370

	£ million
(a) 1974–75 to 1978–79	220
(b) 1978–79 to 1988–89	370