asked the Minister for Social Welfare in respect of each year from 1979 to 1986 the total cost of unemployment payments, under (a) unemployment benefit; (b) pay-related benefit to unemployed workers; (c) unemployment assistance, including farmer's assistance and (d) administration; and the average number of persons unemployed for each of the above years.
Written Answers. - Social Welfare Statistics.
65.
The information requested by the Deputy at (a), (b) and (c) is in table A, as follows:
TABLE A
Unemployment Related Expenditure
|
Scheme |
Year |
|||||||
|
1979 |
1980 |
1981 |
1982 |
1983 |
1984 |
1985 |
1986† |
|
|
£ (Millions |
||||||||
|
UBFlat-rate |
43 |
71 |
113 |
165 |
216 |
220 |
235 |
240 |
|
Pay-related |
9 |
18 |
34 |
35 |
48 |
39 |
40 |
37 |
|
UA (including smallholders) |
66 |
82 |
109 |
169 |
224 |
292 |
351 |
396 |
|
Total |
118 |
171 |
256 |
369 |
488 |
551 |
626 |
673 |
|
Average Live Register* |
92,720 |
106,124 |
127,873 |
156,591 |
192,061 |
213,552 |
229,896 |
235,572 |
|
Average No. of Smallholders |
22,428 |
20,893 |
20,714 |
21,143 |
20,563 |
18,823 |
17,455 |
16,453 |
†Expenditure figures are provisional.
*Excludes Smallholders.
The total cost of administration of all schemes over the 1979-86 period is given in table B below. However these costs are not broken down in such a way as to enable the information requested at (d) to be provided.
TABLE B
Total Cost of Administration
|
£ Million |
|
|
1979 |
34 |
|
1980 |
37 |
|
1981 |
49 |
|
1982 |
65 |
|
1983 |
84 |
|
1984 |
83 |
|
1985 |
92 |
|
1986* |
99 |
*Provisional