§ Mr. Duncan SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the total spent on cyclical benefit payments for each month from May 1997 to September 1998. [58506]
§ Angela EagleThe information is set out in the table.162W
Estimated outturn of cyclical social security on a monthly basis for the financial year 1997–98 £ million Month Estimated outturn May 1997 1,003 June 1997 1,012 July 1997 1,090 August 1997 974 September 1997 1,037 October 1997 1,040 November 1997 916 December 1997 1,092 January 1998 932 February 1998 904 March 1998 987 Notes
- 1. Final outturn figures will be published in the 1999 Departmental Report
- 2. Figures on a similar basis for 1998–99 will not be available until November 1999 when the Appropriation Accounts are published
- 3. Cyclical Social Security has been defined as Jobseeker's Allowance and Income Support to the under 60s