The Department for Work and Pensions was formed in June 2001 from the Department of Social Security and parts of the former Department for Education and Employment including the Employment Service. The first departmental report produced for the Department was in 2002 (Cm 5424). The earliest year included was 1998-99. Therefore data are not available in the format requested for all years from 1996-97.
Table 1 summarises administration costs for the areas requested for the years 2000-01 to 2007-08.
Table 2 summarises administration costs for the areas requested for the years 1998-99 and 1999-2000.
The information has been extracted from the latest available departmental report for each year.
2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 Outturn Outturn Outturn Outturn Outturn Estimated outturn Plans Plans Children 248 250 293 249 256 394 408 402 Working age 3,819 2,668 2,339 2,387 2,501 2,721 2,588 2,598 Pensioners — 219 419 484 571 623 641 507 Disability — 1 — 172 167 198 219 198 Corporate and Shared Services 280 1,692 2,556 2,657 2,493 2,000 1,975 2,089 Total administration 4,347 4,830 5,607 5,949 5,988 5,936 5,831 5,794
Outturn 1998-99 1999-2000 Children 225 225 Working Age 1,695 1,694 Pensions 255 255 Disability 137 137 Corporate and Shared Services 1,780 1,779 Total administration 4,092 4,090 Notes: 1. The administration costs for previous years have been adjusted to take into account the restructuring of the Department. 2. It is important to note that the analysis of the administration budget for children, working age, pensioners and disabled people in Table 5 excludes the cost of corporate and shared services, these are shown separately in the same table. All figures provided for years prior to the formation of The Department for Work and Pensions were determined on the basis of the expenditure incurred by each of the various business areas brought together by the machinery of Government changes in 2001. Analysis of administration data in this format is not available prior to 1998-99. 3. Table 5 from the Departmental report for 2005 (Cm 6539) contains the most recent analysis of administration costs for the year 1999-2000, and Table 5 from the departmental report for 2004 (Cm 6221) contains the most recent analysis of administration costs for 1998-99. As these analyses will only have been adjusted for the structure of the Department that existed at the time the relevant departmental report was issued, they will not be directly comparable with Table 5 in the departmental report for 2006. Sources: Department Report 2006 (Cm 6829) Department Report 2005 (Cm 6539) Departmental Report 2004 (Cm 6221)