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Mr. Hinchliffe
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what were the levels of community care grants as a proportion of total social security expenditure for each year since 1988.
Mr. Scott
The information is in the table.
| Expenditure on social security benefits | Expenditure on community care grants | Expenditure on community care grants as a proportion of benefit expenditure | |
| Year | £ million | £ million | Per cent. |
| 1988–89 | 47,332 | 40 | 0·08 |
| 1989–90 | 50,100 | 59 | 0·12 |
| 1990–91 | 56,236 | 67 | 0·12 |
| 1991–92 | 65,336 | 79 | 0·12 |
| 11992–93 | 74,135 | 90 | 0·12 |
| 1 Estimated outturn. | |||
Source: Social Security Departmental Report—The Government's expenditure plans 1993–94 to 1995–96 (Cm. 2213).