§ 2025. Ms CorstonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list all the changes made since 1979 in benefits for disabled people; for each case where there are savings, how much has been saved to date; and how much is projected to be saved up to(a) 2000 and (b)
§ Mr. ScottA list of 65 changes made since 1979 to incapacity benefits and benefits for disabled people has been placed in the Library. Of the 65 changes, 14 relate to savings measures and are identified with an asterisk, 46 incurred costs and one change involved a transfer of expenditure. An estimate of the savings in each case to date716W and projected as requested is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. It is not possible to provide projections as far ahead as 2025 since they would depend on a large number of factors which cannot be accurately forecast.