Social Security Mr. Pardoe asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list all the national insurance and other benefits which are raised each year in line with the cost of living or earnings, together with their estimated cost to public funds in the current year; and if he will state the annual cost of the increase in each of the last three years in £ sterling and as a percentage of the total increase in public spending in the relevant year. Mr. Joel Barnett Following is the information: ------------------------------------------ | | ------------------------------------------ | | ------------------------------------------ |National Insurance Benefits || ------------------------------------------ |Retirement pension | ------------------------------------------ |Widows benefit | ------------------------------------------ |Guardians allowance | ------------------------------------------ |Unemployment benefit | ------------------------------------------ |Invalidity benefit | ------------------------------------------ |Sickness benefit | ------------------------------------------ |Maternity benefit | ------------------------------------------ |Industrial injury benefits: || ------------------------------------------ |Injury benefit | ------------------------------------------ |Disablement benefit | ------------------------------------------ |Death benefit | ------------------------------------------ |Other benefits (under the Old Cases Act)| ------------------------------------------ |Other Benefits || ------------------------------------------ |War pensions | ------------------------------------------ |Attendance allowance | ------------------------------------------ |Invalid care allowance | ------------------------------------------ |Old persons retirement pension | ------------------------------------------ |Non contributory invalidity pension | ------------------------------------------ |Supplementary pension* | ------------------------------------------ |Supplementary allowance* | ------------------------------------------ |Family income supplement* | ------------------------------------------ The increase in total expenditure on those benefits in cash and as a percentage of the increase in total public expenditure at outturn prices, excluding debt interest, in each of the last three financial years was as follows: --------- | | --------- |1974–75| --------- |1975–76| --------- |1976–77| ---------