HC Deb 21 July 1994 vol 247 c620W
Mr. Bradley

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list each change to social security benefits since 1979, with the amount of savings or expenditure for each change(a) at the original figure and (b) uprated to 1994 prices.

Mr. Hague

The main developments in social security since the second world war—together with details of expenditure by benefit since 1979—are set out in "The Growth of Social Security" which my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State published last year.