Benefits

HC Deb 29 April 1993 vol 223 cc524-5W

Mr. Frank Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish the data used in the construction of figure 7 in the 1993 Social Security departmental report on percentages of different types of benefits paid in the broad groups of beneficiaries in 1992–93; and what were the equivalent figures for each year since 1976.

Mr. Scott

The information requested is in the table.

Different types of benefit paid to broad groups of beneficiaries in cash terms
£ million
	1976–77	1977–78	1978–79	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86	1986–87	1987–88	1988–89	1989–90	1990–91	1991–92	1992–93
Elderly:
Contributory	5,662	6,697	7,639	8,903	10,615	12,216	13,640	14,705	15,361	16,678	17,876	18,842	19,337	20,795	22,798	25,688	26,955
Non-contributory	36	36	42	41	43	45	46	47	45	48	45	46	45	44	45	47	48
Income-related	716	809	1,063	1,186	1,481	2,070	2,436	2,909	3,381	3,709	3,969	4,165	4,275	4,842	5,741	5,688	7,481
Short-term sick:
Contributory	559	652	696	655	654	680	554	765	787	821	936	1,033	1,090	1,153	1,157	973	1,025
Non-contributory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Income-related	16	17	29	25	28	29	28	29	28	28	28	35	45	74	66	107	134
Long-term sick:
Contributory	732	909	1,070	1,253	1,446	1,701	1,952	2,257	2,540	2,772	3,128	3,435	3,826	4,325	4,444	5,362	6,116
Non-contributory	353	424	523	628	791	970	1,149	1,353	1,554	1,788	2,090	2,386	2,590	2,912	3,938	4,902	5,944
Income-related	166	177	176	218	262	289	408	523	619	726	948	845	1,050	1,320	1,842	2,291	2,799
Family:
Contributory	58	76	105	125	149	158	152	141	161	164	168	244	277	316	348	376	398
Non-contributory	559	889	1,814	2,846	3,021	3,464	3,767	4,112	4,414	4,619	4,675	4,761	4,694	4,736	4,820	5,438	6,044
Income-related	470	569	654	669	809	1,097	1,479	1,751	1,936	2,265	2,617	3,129	3,712	4,130	4,741	5,538	6,483
Unemployed:
Contributory	559	629	632	653	1,280	1,702	1,500	1,497	1,578	1,589	1,734	1,468	1,107	733	870	1,604	1,838
Non-contributory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Income-related	545	761	742	817	1,250	2,320	3,511	4,204	4,741	5,374	5,574	5,179	4,128	3,576	4,203	5,943	7,452
Widows and others:
Contributory	481	512	555	617	698	757	795	844	859	877	906	899	910	912	891	1,013	1,032
Non-contributory	88	96	105	116	131	148	156	162	169	180	183	186	189	199	281	291	291
Income-related	18	15	26	27	21	45	45	34	59	59	39	46	55	34	51	76	94

Note: Expenditure in this table includes grants to local authorities, rent rebate subsidy payments and local authority expenditure not met by specific Government grants.