HC Deb 27 January 2000 vol 343 cc252-3W
Mr. Webb

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) if he will estimate the expenditure in current prices in (1) 1978–79, (2) 1982–83, (3) 1986–87, (4) 1991–92, (5) 1996–97 and (6) 2001–02 on(a) supplementary benefit, (b) income support, (c) family income supplement, (d) family credit, (e) working families tax credit, (f) disability working allowance, (g) disabled persons tax credit, (h) rent rebates and allowances, (i) rates rebates, (j) community charge rebates, (k) council tax benefit, (l) social fund grants and (m) social fund loans, including any social security expenditure by local authorities; and if he will provide, where available, a breakdown in each case for (i) pensioners, (ii) disabled non-pensioners, (iii) unemployed non-pensioners and (iv) other non-pensioners; [105533]

(2) if he will estimate the expenditure in current prices in (1) 1978–79, (2) 1982–83, (3) 1986–87, (4) 1991–92, (5) 1996–97 and (6) 2001–02 on (a) the basic state retirement pension, including Christmas bonus, (b) additional retirement pensions, (c) invalidity benefit, (d) incapacity benefit, (e) industrial injuries and death benefits, (f) national insurance widow's benefits, including lump sums, (g) sickness benefit, (h) statutory sick pay, (i) statutory maternity pay, (j) national insurance maternity benefits, (k) unemployment benefit, (l) contribution-based jobseeker's allowance, (m) national insurance lump-sum maternity grants and (n) national insurance lump-sum death grants, including any social security expenditure by local authorities; and if he will provide, where available, a breakdown in each case for (i) pensioners, (ii) disabled non-pensioners, (iii) unemployed non-pensioners and (iv) other non-pensioners; [105532]

(3) if he will estimate the expenditure in current prices in (1) 1978–79, (2) 1982–83, (3) 1986–87, (4) 1991–92, (5) 1996–97 and (6) 2001–02 on (a) child benefit, (b) one

Expenditure £ million (cash prices)
1978–79 1982–83 1986–87 1991–92 1996–97 2001–02
Supplementary Benefit
Pensioners 561 941 1,453 0 0 0
Disabled non-pensioners 130 259 539 0 0 0
Unemployed non-pensioners 515 2,567 4,336 0 0 0
Other non-pensioners 355 845 1,632 0 0 0
Total Supplementary Benefit 1,561 4,612 7,960 0 0 0
Income Support
Income Support for over 60s 0 0 0 2,725 3,814 4,196
Disabled under 60 0 0 0 1,400 3,507 4,643
Unemployed under 60 0 0 0 4,200 2,359 0
Other people under 60 0 0 0 3,288 4,764 4,456
Total Income Support 0 0 0 11,612 14,444 13,295
Expenditure on Housing Costs
Expenditure for over 60s 510 1,478 2,324 3,327 4,793 5,790
Disabled under 60 79 228 359 660 2,387 3,063
Unemployed under 60 241 700 1,101 1,747 2,523 1,966
Other people under 60 277 805 1,266 2,159 3,977 4,957
Total 1,107 3,211 5,050 7,892 13,680 15,776
Social Fund
Social Fund for over 60s 0 0 0 32 41 25
Social Fund for under 60s 0 0 0 178 198 204
Total Social Fund 0 0 0 210 239 229
Christmas Bonus—contributory
Pensioners 87 91 96 99 111 107
Christmas Bonus paid with Disability Benefits 9 11 11 15 17 15
Total Christmas Bonus—contributory 96 102 107 114 129 122

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Figures may not sum due to rounding.