§ Mr. David ShawTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for(a) central Government and (b) local government the (i) total wage and salary costs, (ii) total non-contributory pension costs and (iii) additional employment costs and benefit costs for each year since 1978–79, together with the gross national product and the proportion thereof in respect of each item for each year.
§ Mr. NelsonThe table shows the figures.
Central Government pay includes non-contributory pension costs not available separately as well as employers' contributions to national insurance and contributory pension schemes. No information is available on additional employment costs.
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£ million Year Forces Pay central government civilians Total Local authorities Social security benefits 1979 2,548 9,408 11,956 12,557 18,122 1980 3,047 12,307 15,354 15,549 21,813 1981 3,387 13,948 17,335 17,907 27,002 1982 3,692 14,758 18,450 19,224 31,677 1983 4,022 16,187 20,209 20,903 32,336 1984 4,282 16,750 21,032 22,295 34,350 1985 4,761 17,659 22,420 23,290 37,609 1986 5,048 18,685 23,733 25,387 40,860 1987 5,381 20,497 25,878 27,527 41,961 1988 5,696 22,109 27,805 30,200 43,056 1989 5,990 24,396 30,386 31,835 44,965 1990 6,449 26,984 33,433 34,539 48,898 1991 7,338 28,101 35,439 37,809 57,381 1992 7,908 28,732 36,640 40,181 65,525 Per cent. of GNP 1979 1.5 5.4 6.9 7.2 10.4 1980 1.5 6.1 7.6 7.7 10.9 1981 1.5 6.3 7.9 8.1 12.3 1982 1.5 6.2 7.7 8.0 13.2 1983 1.5 6.1 7.7 7.9 12.2 1984 1.5 5.9 7.4 7.8 12.1 1985 1.5 5.7 7.2 7.5 12.1 1986 1.5 5.6 7.1 7.6 12.3 1987 1.5 5.6 7.1 7.6 11.5 1988 1.4 5.4 6.9 7.4 10.6 1989 1.3 5.5 6.8 7.2 10.1 1990 1.3 5.6 7.0 7.2 10.2 1991 1.5 5.7 7.2 7.6 11.6 1992 1.5 5.5 7.0 7.7 12.6