HC Deb 09 November 1998 vol 319 cc93-4W
Mr. Webb

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the total level of expenditure or planned expenditure(a) in cash terms, (b) in real terms and (c) as a share of GDP on (i) social security benefits excluding family credit and disability working allowance, (ii) family credit, (iii) disability working allowance, (iv) the working families tax credit, including tax expenditure and (v) the disabled persons tax credit, including tax expenditures in each year from 1978–79 to the end of the planning period. [57148]

Mr. Darling

[holding answer 29 October 1998]The information is not available in the format requested. I have set out in the tables the information held by the Department.