§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list each social security change since 1979 and for each the net gain or loss to public expenditure(a) for each year since the change took effect and (b) cumulatively for each change to date; and what has been the net change to public expenditure totals of the changes to date. [8128]
§ Mr. BurtThe 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 was published in 1993.
Further information is provided in public expenditure White Papers from 1979 to 1990 and—from 1991 to date—departmental reports of the Department of Social Security. Copies of all documents are in the Library.