§ Mr. BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the current average cost of administration of an unemployment benefit payment.
§ Mr. HagueI have been asked to reply.
The latest expenditure figures are contained in the DSS departmental report, Cm 2513. The total administration cost of unemployment benefit in 1992–93 was £269 million. The total number of payments was 23,847,000 giving an average of £11.28. This includes allowance for the cost of administering national insurance credits for
Scottish New Town development corporations—numbers of industrial units (a) tenanted and (b) vacant as at 23 March 1994 Cumbernauld East Kilbride Glenrothes Irvine Livingston Less than 10,000 ft2 Occupied 54 117 46 78 138 Vacant 41 54 49 24 42 10,001–20,000 ft2 Occupied 13 17 14 0 35 Vacant 9 8 9 0 0 20,001–30,000 ft2 Occupied 8 3 6 0 16 Vacant 3 0 1 0 0 30,001–40,000 ft2 Occupied 2 2 1 0 5 Vacant 0 1 0 0 1 40,001–50,000 ft2 Occupied 3 0 0 0 3 Vacant 0 0 0 0 0 50,001–100,000 ft2 Occupied 3 2 0 0 7 Vacant 0 0 0 0 0 100,001–200,000 ft2 Occupied 0 0 0 0 6 Vacant 0 0 0 0 0 Above 200,001 ft2 Occupied 0 0 1 0 0 Vacant 0 0 0 0 0 700W
Scottish new town development corporations numbers of commercial properties (a) tenanted and (b) vacant at 23 March 1994 Cumbernauld East Kilbride Glenrothes Irvine Livingston Less than 10,000 ft2 Occupied 51 258 87 135 140 Vacant 5 14 1 34 14 10,001–20,000 ft2 Occupied 0 2 1 12 5 Vacant 0 1 0 8 0 20,001–30,000 ft2 Occupied 1 1 0 4 2 Vacant 0 0 1 1 1 clients who do not receive any social security benefit and part of the cost of Employment Service advisers who check benefit eligibility.