HC Deb 13 March 1996 vol 273 c646W
Mr. Foulkes

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what percentage of the total spending on income support is spent on administration costs for(a) pensioner recipients, (b) non-pensioner recipients and (c) all recipients of income support. [20264]

Mr. Roger Evans

The total expenditure on income support that is spent on administration is about 10 per cent. Administrative expenditure is not broken down into costs arising from pensioner and non-pensioner claims.