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Mr. David Price
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his current estimate of the expenditure of central Government in the administration of social security and miscellaneous services for each financial year from 1974–75, measured both in current prices and in fixed prices.
Mr. Orme
The information requested is as follows:
| Expenditure at outturn prices £ million | Expenditure at current prices (November 1977) £ million | |
| 1974–75 | 386 | 675 |
| 1975–76 | 545 | 690 |
| 1976–77 | 629 | 700 |
| 1977–78 (provisional) | 710 | 710 |