HC Deb 17 July 2003 vol 409 cc522-3W
Mr. Willetts

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost per claimant was of administering each of the major benefits in the last 12 months. [125409]

Malcolm Wicks

Information is not available in the format requested. In accordance with the requirements of Resource Accounting and Budgeting the Department now accounts for its administration and benefit expenditure by strategic objective, as set out in its Public Service Agreements (PSA), and by individual requests for resources (RfRs), as set out in the Department's Estimates and Accounts.