HC Deb 28 January 1997 vol 289 cc191-2W
Ms Corston

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 9 December 1996,Official Report, columns 70–72, what was the total expenditure on national insurance benefits as a percentage of total income in each year from 1979–80 to 1995–96 at 1995–96 prices. [13020]

Mr. Heald

The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.

Year National insurance benefit expenditure as a percentage of total income to the national insurance fund1
1979–80 92.1
1980–81 93.0
1981–82 101.1
1982–83 96.0
1983–84 93.5
1984–85 94.2
1985–96 95.0
1986–87 94.7
1987–88 90.7
1988–89 85.2
1989–90 88.7
1990–91 86.1
1991–92 98.2
1992–93 101.5
Year National insurance benefit expenditure as a percentage of total income to the national insurance fund1
1993–94 86.8
1994–95 87.0
Source:
National Insurance Fund accounts.
Note:
1 Excludes income from national insurance contributions allocated to the national health service.