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Mr. Battle
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the unit cost of administering (a) contributory national insurance benefits, (b) noncontributory national insurance benefits, (c) means-tested benefits and (d) the social fund.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard
The latest information available is for the 1987–88 financial year. The unit cost of administering the following benefits in that year were:
£ | |
(a) Contributory national insurance benefits | 66 |
(b) Non-contributory non-income-related benefits | 14 |
(c) Income-related benefits | 111 |