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The changing welfare state
— social security spending | | Corporate Author | Department of Social Security - DSS |
| Publisher | Department of Social Security - DSS, London, 2000 |
| Pages | 117 pp (DSS Paper SPD) |
| Source | Welfare Reform (Spending), Freepost (HA4441), Hayes UB3 1BR. Tel: 020 8867 3201. |
| Keywords | Social security benefits ; Public expenditure ; Social policy ; Statistics [data]. |
| Annotation | The main part of this paper describes how benefit expenditure in Great Britain has changed since the post-Beveridge social security system was set up in 1948/49. It also shows how spending is forecast to change over the remainder of this Parliament; discusses the economic, social and demographic factors influencing the longer term outlook; and concludes with lessons for future policy. In 1998/99, the social security budget was some £96 billion, nearly 30% of all government expenditure and more than 11% of gross domestic product (GDP). Appendices include trends in spending on principal benefits since 1991/92, and statistics on expenditure by benefit and client group since 1978/79, in both real and cash terms. This paper is the first in a series on "The changing welfare state" being produced by the Department of Social Security (DSS). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000228203 B |
| Classmark | JH: WN8: TM2: 6C |
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