§ 25. Sir Fergus MontgomeryTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security by what proportion spending on benefits for long-term sick and disabled people has increased over the last decade; and how he anticipates recent announcements will affect such expenditure over the next three years.
§ Mr. ScottThe improvements in benefits for disabled people announced by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Security on 10 January will result in518W increases in expenditure of an extra £88 million net in 1990–91; £141 million net in 1991–92; and £214 million net in 1992–93. This was on top of a real increase in spending on people who are long-term sick or disabled of nearly 100 per cent. over the last decade.
§ 32. Sir Bernard BraineTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will make a further statement on the measures he is introducing to help long-term sick and disabled people who are disabled from birth or early in life.
§ 55. Sir David PriceTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will make a further statement on the measures he is introducing to help long-term sick and disabled people who are disabled from birth or early in life.
§ Mr. Harry GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what measures he is introducing to help long-term sick and disabled people who are disabled from birth or early in life.
§ Mr. ScottI refer my right hon. Friend and my hon. Friends to my answer earlier today to my hon. Friend the Member for Daventry (Mr. Boswell).
§ 49. Mr. GowTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security by what proportion spending on benefits for long-term sick and disabled people has increased over the last decade; and how he anticipates recent announcements will affect such expenditure over the next three years.
§ Mr. ScottI refer my hon. Friend to my answer earlier today to my hon. Friend the Member for Richmond, Yorks (Mr. Hague).