HC Deb 06 June 2000 vol 351 c225W
Mr. Swinney

To 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. Rooker

The 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).

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