§ 20. Mr. KnoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security by what percentage total expenditure on social security has increased since 1979 in real terms.
§ Miss WiddecombeTotal expenditure on Social Security increased by 52 per cent. in real terms between 1978–79 and 1991–92.
§ 21. Mr. Roger KingTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what estimate he has made of the likely increase in expenditure that will result from the change from mobility allowance and attendance allowance to disability living allowance.
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§ Mr. ScottWe expect by next year to be spending nearly £1/4 billion extra on additional help for around 300,000 disabled people as a result of introducing disability living allowance. This expenditure comes on top of several other substantial improvements introduced during this Parliament and, of course, on top of an increase of over £7 billion in real terms since 1979 in the benefits we pay to disabled people.