§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how much of the social security budget was spent in Wales, broken down by the expenditure headings of his Departmental budget, in the most recent year for which figures are available. [140435]
§ Mr. RookerThe information is in the table.
The benefit expenditure for Wales for 1999–2000 Benefit £ million Retirement Pension—basic 1,752 Retirement Pension—AP 236 Christmas bonus 6 Widow's Benefit—basic 40 Widow's Benefit—AP 13 Jobseeker's Allowance contributory 26 Incapacity Benefit-Basic 574 Incapacity Benefit-AP 73 Statutory Sick Pay 3 Maternity Allowance 1 Statutory Maternity Pay 28 Guardian's Allowance and CSA 1— Non-Contributory Retirement 1 Non-Contributory Christmas Bonus 1 War Pension 58 Attendance Allowance 219 Invalid Care Allowance 69 Severe Disablement Allowance 69 Disability Living Allowance 475 Disability Working Allowance 4 Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit 62 Industrial Death Benefit 5 Other II benefits 1— Jobseeker's Allowance income-based 139 Income Support-under 60 487 Income Support-over 60 213 Child Benefit (with Lone Parent addition) 420 Family Credit 116 Earnings Top-Up Pilots † VDP 2 Independent Living Fund 10 Motability and Blesma 1— Social Fund 14 Winter Fuel Payments 51 Rent Allowance 224 Council Tax Benefit 101 Rent Rebate—DSS 1 Misc funding for savings 1 DSS AME Total 5,492 Grand total of benefit expenditure 5,802 1 Expenditure of less than £0.5 million Notes:
1. Figures may not sum due to rounding.
2. The proportions of benefit expenditure in Wales have been calculated for each benefit, to give an overall proportion of 5.9 per cent. for the DSS AME total. This proportion has then been applied to the grand total of benefit expenditure to give the total expenditure for Wales of 5.8 billion.
3. The grand total of benefit expenditure includes all local authority spending on Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit in addition to the money funded directly from Central Government.
Source:
Pre-Budget report 2000.