§ Ms Roseanna CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide a breakdown of total spending on each benefit provided by his Department and on central, regional and agency administration costs in each of the last three years. [89075]
§ Mr. TimmsA breakdown of total spending on each benefit provided by Department of Social Security grouped by the Departmental objectives is published in Tables 9 and 10 (pages 117 to 1720) of the Social Security Departmental Report (The Government' s Expenditure Plans—1999/2000).
DSS running cost expenditure for its central (HQ) and Agencies for the period 1996–97 to 1998–99 £ million 1996–97 1997–98 1998–991 Central (HQ) 77 87 2-112 Benefits Agency 1,862 1,743 1,800 Child Support Agency 212 211 208 Contributions Agency 15 3-4 3 War Pensions Agency 36 33 28 Information Technology Services Agency (purchaser function) 16 16 15 1Estimated outturn 2Net of PRIME receipts of £250 million 3All of Contributions Agency costs are recoverable, in the main from the National Insurance Fund, however this may not occur in the year of expenditure. Contributions Agency was transferred to Inland Revenue on 1 April 1999. Note:
The Department does not allocate its running cost funding on a regional basis