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Mr. Dunn
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the annual cost in the payment of unemployment benefit for each year since 1989, adjusted for inflation; and what is the predicted figure for the years 1996–97, 1997–98 and 1998–99. [36925]
Mr. Roger Evans
The information is set out in the tables.
Benefit expenditure and planned benefit expenditure from 1988–89 to 1998–99
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Real terms (1996–97 prices) (£ million)
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Benefit
| 1988–89
| 1989–90
| 1990–91
| 1991–92
| 1992–93
| 1993–94
| 1994–95
| 1995–96
| 1996–97
| 1997–98
| 1998–99
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| Unemployment benefit | 1,565 | 970 | 1,065 | 1,848 | 1,948 | 1,777 | 1,350 | 1,126 | — | — | — |
| Income support | 4,302 | 3,478 | 3,599 | 4,838 | 5,955 | 6,171 | 5,472 | 5,228 | — | — | — |
| Jobseeker's allowance—contributory based | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,011 | 636 | 632 |
| Jobseeker's allowance—income based | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4,670 | 4,781 | 4,729 |
| Social fund | 57 | 33 | 29 | 34 | 34 | 52 | 46 | 52 | 46 | 45 | 44 |
| Housing benefit and council tax benefit | 1,713 | 1,490 | 1,822 | 2,009 | 2,421 | 2,508 | 2,787 | 2,870 | 2,892 | 2,961 | 3,079 |
| Total | 7,637 | 5,971 | 6,515 | 8,730 | 10,358 | 10,508 | 9,656 | 9,277 | 8,618 | 8,423 | 8,484 |