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Dept for Work and Pensions

Answer

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the (a) costs of administering and (b) actual benefit expenditure for (i) the state retirement pension, (ii) child benefit, (iii) income support, (iv) minimum income guarantee of pension credit, (v) jobseekers allowance, (vi) disability living allowance and (viii) incapacity benefit in the latest year for which figures are available. [177490] Malcolm Wicks: The information requested is in the table. £ million Nominal terms _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Benefit Administration costs 1998-99 1 Estimated benefit expenditure outturn 2003-04 Retirement Pension (including earnings 314 46,467 related) Minimum Income Guarantee of Pension Credit n/a 4,544 Income Support 581 10,073 Jobseekers Allowance Contribution Based 51 531 Jobseekers Allowance Income Based 330 2,027 Disability Living Allowance 119 7,589 Incapacity Benefit 375 6,715 2002-03 2 Child Benefit 125 8,945 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 The latest figures available for administration costs for the benefits in the table are from the publication, "Social Security Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans 2000/01-2001/02". Administration costs for main benefits after this date is not currently available in the format requested. 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 Departmental Estimates and Accounts. 2 This is the latest year for which figures are currently available. Responsibility for child benefit was transferred to Inland Revenue from April 2003.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

177490; 422 c724-5W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Disability living allowance Child benefit Administration Costs Jobseeker's allowance Income support Expenditure Incapacity benefit Pension credit Social security benefits State retirement pensions

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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