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Mr. Wigley
asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will analyse for the latest available date how the total social security payments made in Wales is divided between payments arising from (a) unemployment (b) ill-health and injury (c) welfare of persons over retiring age (d) welfare of children (e) compensation for low level of income and (f) other categories.
Mr. Barry Jones
The total social security payments made in Wales in the financial year 1974–75 was £394·9 million divided as follows:
| £ million | ||
| (a) Unemployment | 15·3 | |
| Unemployment benefit | 15·3 | |
| (b) Ill-health and injury | 87·0 | |
| Invalidity benefit | 33·1 | |
| Industrial disablement benefit | 11·6 | |
| Industrial death benefit | 2·6 | |
| Attendance allowance | 6·1 | |
| Sickness and injury benefits | 33·6 | |
| (c) Welfare of persons over retirement age | 224·2 | |
| Retirement pension | 190·5 | |
| Old person pensions | 1·5 | |
| Supplementary pensions | 18·1 | |
| Widows' pensions | 14·1 | |
| (d) Welfare of Children | 16·6 | |
| Family allowances | 16·6 | |
| (e) Compensation for low level of income | 0·6 | |
| Family income supplement | 0·6 | |
| (f)Other | 51·2 | |
| Maternity allowance | 1·4 | |
| Lump sum payment to pensioners and others | 5·3 | |
| Supplementary allowance | 31·2 | |
| War pensions | 9·6 | |
| Widows allowance, maternity and death grants | 3·7 | |