HC Deb 30 January 1998 vol 305 c425W
Mr. Lock

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will make a statement on the sums which were(a) budgeted for payment in disability working allowance in each of the last three years and (b) paid out to claimants in disability working allowance in each of the last three years. [25407]

Mr. Denham

The information is given in the table.

Disability Working Allowance—granted and actual expenditure
£
1994–95 1995–96 1996–97
Granted (budgeted) 13,000,000 14,987,000 25,345,000
Actual expenditure 11,369,000 19,163,000 34,028,000

Source:

I. The figures are taken from the Appropriation Accounts for Class XII, Vote 1 for 1994–95, 1995–96 and 1996–97.