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Mr. D. E. Thomas
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will update, giving data for each relevant year, the answer given to the right hon. Member for Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles (Mr. Steel) Official Report, 22nd March 1974, column 213–4.
Mr. Deakins
Revised data for 1972 and 1973, together with new data for the later years, are as follows:
| UNITED KINGDOM | ||
| Supplementary benefit expenditure £ million | Expenditure expressed as a percentage of the gross national product Per cent. | |
| 1972 | 729 | 1·31 |
| 1973 | 705 | 1·09 |
| 1974 | 871 | 1·16 |
| 1975 | 1,103 | 1·17 |
| 1976 | 1,525 | 1·38 |
| 1977 (provisional) | 1,750 | 1·41 |