§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to Cm 4917, what estimate he has made of total spending on the basic state pension for each of the four financial years from 2000–01 onwards; and if he will make a statement. [138458]
§ Mr. RookerThe information is in the table.
Estimated expenditure on the basic state pension each of the four financial years from 2000–01 onwards £ million 2000–01 33,866 2001–02 36,413 2002–03 38,208 2003–04 39,640