The Department does not record the costs of administering benefits by benefit type; i.e. information on administering each benefit is not collected and collated by the Department.
However, total administration costs are analysed by Request for Resource (RfR) in the published Resource Accounts, currently split into the following RfR's for the 2006-07 Financial Year, together with the benefits administered:
Benefit RfR 1 (Children) Child Maintenance RfR 2 (Working Age) Bereavement Allowance Bereavement Payments Lump Sum Incapacity Benefit Income Support Industrial Injuries Job Seeker’s Allowance Maternity Allowance Severe Disablement Allowance Social Fund RfR 3 (Pensioners) 65+ Age Related Payments 70+ Age Related Payments 70+ Payment Christmas Bonus Minimum Income Guarantee Pension Credit State Pension (Contributory) State Pension (Non-contributory) Winter Fuel Payments RfR 4 (Disabled) Attendance Allowance Carer's Allowance Disability Living Allowance Vaccine Damage Payments RfR 5 (Corporate Services) No direct benefits attributed to this RfR
The information contained in the table is collected and collated via departmental accounting systems.