§ Mr. SwinneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the annual cost of his Department's administration including its agencies(a) in total and (b) as a percentage of total spending on benefit payments. [124253]
§ Mr. RookerThe cost of administration, in total and as a percentage of benefit expenditure for the period 1994–95 to 1999–2000, is shown in figure 41 of the Social Security Departmental Report (Cm 4614).