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Mr. Callaghan
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what he estimates will be the increase in social security costs in the next year; and what is the breakdown of those costs between increases due to costs related to (a) unemployment and (b) other factors.
Mr. Scott
The estimated increase in social security expenditure from 1992–93 to 1993–94 is £6,152 million, of which £2,035 million is due to costs related to unemployment