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Dept of Social Security

Answer

Mr. Dunn: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the annual cost in the payment of unemployment benefit for each year since 1989, adjusted for inflation; and what is the predicted figure for the years 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99.[36925] Mr. Roger Evans: The information is set out in the tables. Benefit expenditure and planned benefit expenditure from 1988-89 to 1998-99 Cash prices (£ million) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Benefit 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 Unemploymen 1,107 733 870 1,604 1,760 1,652 1,279 1,096 -- -- -- t benefit Income 3,041 2,631 2,940 4,200 5,379 5,737 5,183 5,088 -- -- -- support Jobseeker's -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1,011 652 662 allowance-- contributor y based Jobseeker's -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4,670 4,900 4,956 allowance-- income based Social fund 40 25 24 30 31 48 44 51 46 47 46 Housing 1,211 1,127 1,489 1,744 2,187 2,332 2,640 2,794 2,892 3,035 3,227 benefit and council tax benefit Total 5,399 4,516 5,323 7,578 9,357 9,769 9,146 9,029 8,618 8,634 8,892 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Benefit expenditure and planned benefit expenditure from 1988-89 to 1998-99 Real terms (1996-97 prices) (£ million) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Benefit 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 Unemploymen 1,565 970 1,065 1,848 1,948 1,777 1,350 1,126 -- -- -- t benefit Income 4,302 3,478 3,599 4,838 5,955 6,171 5,472 5,228 -- -- -- support Jobseeker's -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1,011 636 632 allowance-- contributor y based Jobseeker's -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4,670 4,781 4,729 allowance-- income based Social fund 57 33 29 34 34 52 46 52 46 45 44 Housing 1,713 1,490 1,822 2,009 2,421 2,508 2,787 2,870 2,892 2,961 3,079 benefit and council tax benefit Total 7,637 5,971 6,515 8,730 10,358 10,508 9,656 9,277 8,618 8,423 8,484 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

36925; 281 c510-2W

Session

1995-96

Subjects

Council tax benefits Costs Housing benefit Jobseeker's allowance Income support Social Fund Unemployment benefits

Contains statistics

Yes