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Mr. Laws
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his estimate is of the percentage share of his Department's total spending accounted for by (a) pensions, (b) disability related benefits, (c) unemployment benefits, (d) child benefits and e ) housing benefits in each year from 1982–83 to 2002–03, estimated. [96815]
Mr. McCartney
The information is in the following table: