§ Ms HodgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what has been the total cost to his Department for paying attendance allowance in the current year and in each of the previous four years. [9599]
§ Mr. Andrew MitchellThe information is set out in the table:
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Total expenditure of attendance allowance Year £ million 1992–931 1,553 1993–941 1,795 1994–951 1,963
Total expenditure of attendance allowance Year £ million 1995–962 2,218 1996–973 2,421 Notes: 1 Source: March 1996 social security departmental report and earlier equivalents. 2 Source: 1995–96 appropriation accounts, vote 1. 3 Estimated expenditure, may change prior to the publication of the March 1997 departmental report. 4 Figures are rounded to the nearest million.