Benefits (Hansard, 17 June 1992)

HC Deb 17 June 1992 vol 209 c595W 595W

§ Mrs. Ewing
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what were the(a) administrative costs, (b) benefit expenditure and (c) administrative expenditure as a proportion of expenditure, for (i) supplementary benefit and (ii) single payments for the last three years of their operation.

§ Mr. Scott
Information is not available in the form requested. Such information as is available is in the table:

£ million

Year

1985–86 1986–87 1987–88

(a) Administrative costs^{1 2} 839 929 1,106

(b) Benefit expenditure ¹ 7,377 7,962 7,952

(c) (a) as a percentage of total expenditure 10.2 10.4 12.2

¹ Supplementary benefit and single payments.

² Estimate.

£ million
	Year
	1985–86	1986–87	1987–88
(a) Administrative costs^{1 2}	839	929	1,106
(b) Benefit expenditure ¹	7,377	7,962	7,952
(c) (a) as a percentage of total expenditure	10.2	10.4	12.2
¹ Supplementary benefit and single payments.
² Estimate.