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Written question asked by Ashok Kumar (Labour) on Monday, 23 November 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 25 November 2009. It was answered by Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour) on Thursday, 14 January 2010 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Departmental Public Expenditure

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what her Department's expenditure as a proportion of the UK's gross domestic product was in each year since 1997.
Answer

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) was formed in 2001 from the Department of Social Security (DSS), the Employment Service (ES) and parts of the former Department for Education and Employment (DfEE), and information since the creation of the Department is shown in the following table.

Gross domestic product¹ (£ billion) DWP total expenditure² (£ billion) Ratio total: GDP (percentage)
2001-02 1,031.5 107.6 10.4
2002-03 1,092.1 112.1 10.3
2003-04 1,157.4 108.7 9.4
2004-05 1,214.7 118.9 9.8
2005-06 1,270.8 123.6 9.7
2006-07 1,346.2 126.7 9.4
2007-08 1,418.2 133.3 9.4
2008-09 1,434.9 142.7 9.9
Sources:
¹ Gross Domestic Product (GDP): provided by Office for National Statistics (published via the HM Treasury website).
² DWP: Departmental Report 2009 and 2007 and Departmental Benefit Expenditure Tables.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
503 c1110W; 301753
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Department for Work and Pensions Public expenditure
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk