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Income Support

Volume 477: debated on Thursday 12 June 2008

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Mr. Harper

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much he expects to spend on each type of income support in each of the next five years. (209320)

Mr. Plaskitt

[holding answer 6 June 2008]: The available information is in the following table.

Income support planned expenditure by type

£ million nominal terms

Client groups

Long-term sick and disabled

Short-term sick

Lone parents

Others

2008-09

4,661

255

2,517

293

2009-10

4,206

36

1,652

279

2010-11

3,658

14

1,454

302

Notes: 1 Figures are plans only and are subject to change. 2 Expenditure plans are only produced for the Comprehensive Spending Review period. Source: DWP Spring forecasts, as published in DWP expenditure tables