HC Deb 16 November 1998 vol 319 c405W
Mr. Webb

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide an update of Figure 3 from his most recent Departmental Annual Report to cover the remainder of the planning period. [59862]

Mr. Darling

The Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report published in June 1998 changed some of the definitions of the items of Social Security expenditure contained in figure 3. It is not, therefore, possible to provide information in the format requested. We are currently exploring the possibility of producing the equivalent of figure 3 for the 1999 Departmental Report.