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Benefit Uprating Comparisons

Lord Morris of Manchester asked Her Majesty's Government:

What would have been the extra costs to the Exchequer in each year from 1980-81 to 1996-97 of updating by the higher of average earnings or prices:

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(a) retirement pensions; and (b) all other social security benefits that had been uprated on that basis until 1980; what the rates of payment for those benefits on that basis would have been in each year; and what was the actual rate in each year at 1996-97 prices.[HL210]

Baroness Hollis of Heigham: The information is set out in the tables.

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Gross cost of uprating benefits by the higher of earnings or prices

	RP (£bn)	IVB/IB (£bn)	NCRP (£m)	SDA (£m)	WB (£m)	GA/CSA (£m)	AA/DLA (£m)	IIDB (£m)
1980-81	0.1	*	*	*	10	*	*	10
1981-82	0.7	0.1	*	10	50	*	20	30
1982-83	0.9	0.1	*	10	70	*	20	10
1983-84	1	0.2	*	10	80	*	40	50
1984-85	1.8	0.3	10	30	130	*	70	50
1985-86	2	0.3	10	30	130	*	90	60
1986-87	3	0.5	10	50	170	*	140	90
1987-88	4.4	0.7	10	70	220	*	220	110
1988-89	5.2	0.9	10	90	240	*	290	130
1989-90	6.1	1.1	10	110	250	*	370	150
1990-91	6.8	1.3	10	140	270	*	450	170
1991-92	7.1	1.5	10	180	280	*	540	180
1992-93	8.3	1.9	10	210	310	*	810	200
1993-94	8.9	2.1	10	240	330	*	970	210
1994-95	9.2	2.4	10	280	330	*	1,140	230
1995-96	9.9	2.3	10	300	330	*	1,340	250
1996-97	10.1	2.3	10	320	330	*	1,470	240

Rate if increased by the higher of earnings or prices since 1980 in current prices£ per week

	RP	IVB/IB	NCRP	SDA	WB	WA	CSA	AA/DLA	IIDB
November 1979	23.30	23.30	14.00	14.00	23.30	32.60	7.10	18.60	38.00
November 1980	27.60	26.45	16.60	16.60	27.60	38.65	8.40	22.05	45.05
November 1981	30.90	29.60	18.60	18.60	30.90	43.30	9.40	24.70	50.45
November 1982	33.50	32.10	20.15	20.15	33.50	46.95	10.20	26.75	54.70
November 1983	36.40	34.90	21.90	21.90	36.40	51.05	11.10	29.10	59.45
November 1984	38.25	36.70	23.00	23.00	38.25	53.65	11.65	30.60	62.50
November 1985	41.60	41.60	25.00	25.00	41.60	58.30	12.65	33.25	67.95
July 1986	43.45	43.45	26.10	26.10	43.45	60.85	13.20	34.70	70.95
April 1987	45.90	45.90	27.55	27.55	45.90	64.25	13.95	36.65	74.90
April 1988	49.50	49.50	29.70	29.70	49.50		15.05	39.50	80.75
April 1989	53.90	53.90	32.35	32.35	53.90		16.40	43.00	87.95
April 1990	59.15	59.15	35.50	35.50	59.15		18.00	47.15	96.50
April 1991	65.60	65.60	39.35	39.35	65.60		19.95	52.30	107.00
April 1992	70.80	70.80	42.45	42.45	70.80		21.55	56.45	115.45
April 1993	74.25	74.25	44.55	44.55	74.25		22.60	59.20	121.10
April 1994	76.90	76.90	46.05	46.35	76.90		23.25	60.90	124.60
April 1995	80.00	80.00	47.90	48.20	80.00		24.20	63.35	129.60
April 1996	83.10	83.10	49.75	50.10	83.10		25.15	65.80	134.65
April 1997	86.60	86.60	51.85	52.20	86.60		26.20	68.55	140.30

Actual weekly benefit paid at April 1997 prices£ per week

	RP	IVB/IB	NCRP	SDA	WB	WA	CSA	AA/DLA	IIDB
November 1979	60.44	60.44	36.32	36.32	60.44	84.57	18.42	48.25	98.57
November 1980	61.08	58.49	36.67	36.67	61.08	85.48	16.87	48.70	99.66
November 1981	59.47	56.96	35.66	35.66	59.47	83.18	15.47	47.52	97.04
November 1982	62.11	59.47	37.25	37.25	62.11	86.88	15.03	49.63	101.35
November 1983	61.41	58.79	36.88	36.88	61.41	85.93	13.71	49.05	100.27
November 1984	61.52	58.86	36.95	36.95	61.52	86.10	13.15	49.15	100.36
November 1985	62.41	62.41	37.48	37.48	62.41	87.34	13.12	49.86	101.84
July 1986	62.03	62.03	37.27	37.27	62.03	86.87	12.90	49.61	101.30
April 1987	60.65	60.65	36.46	36.46	60.65	84.98	12.36	48.52	99.03
April 1988	60.79	60.79	36.56	36.56	60.79		12.41	48.68	99.28
April 1989	59.62	59.62	35.83	35.83	59.62		12.24	47.72	97.36
April 1990	58.60	58.60	35.23	35.23	58.60		12.06	46.91	95.70
April 1991	61.06	61.06	36.70	36.70	61.06		11.39	48.91	99.70
April 1992	60.98	60.98	36.65	36.65	60.98		10.98	48.82	99.55
April 1993	62.36	62.36	37.46	37.46	62.36		10.89	49.91	101.83
April 1994	62.43	62.43	37.39	37.72	62.43		10.62	49.53	101.02
April 1995	61.73	61.73	36.98	37.29	61.73		10.33	48.99	99.97
April 1996	62.63	62.63	37.49	37.85	62.63		10.14	49.68	101.40
April 1997	62.45	62.45	37.35	37.75	62.45		9.90	49.50	101.10

Key to benefits:

Retirement Pension Basic (RP).

Non Contributory Retirement Pension (NCRP).

Severe Disablement Allowance (SDA).

Invalidity Benefit/Incapacity Benefit Short Term Higher Rate and Long Term (IVB/IB).

Widows Benefits (WB).

Guardians Allowance (GA) and Child Special Allowance (CSA).

Attendance Allowance (AA)/Disability Living Allowance (DLA).

Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB).

Notes:

1. Invalidity Benefit was replaced by Incapacity Benefit in April 1995.

2. Widows Allowance ceased in April 1988.

3. Attendance Allowance was replaced by Disability Living Allowance in April 1992 for people who became disabled before the age of 65.

4. The Retail Prices Index (all items) and the Average Earnings Index (whole economy) as produced by the Office of National Statistics was used in these calculations.

5. VAT on fuel was added in April 1994 at the rate of 50p single person for the following benefits: Retirement Pension, Widowed Mother's Allowance, Invalidity Benefit, Severe Disablement Allowance and 20p for single person for NCRP.

6. The abatement of 5 per cent. applied to Invalidity Benefit in 1980 and has also been included.

7. Costs are in 1996-97 prices, and have been rounded to the nearest £10 million where estimates are in millions and £0.1 billion where estimates are in billions.

8. * denotes less than £0.5 million where estimates are in millions and £0.05 billion for estimates in billions.

9. The earnings-link uprated benefit rates include the increases made to benefit rates on account of the introduction of VAT on fuel.

10. All costs are on a gross basis and do not include income-related benefit offsets.

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Northern Ireland: Analysis of GCSE Results

Baroness Blatch asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish data for Northern Ireland showing comprehensive schools, modern schools, grammar schools, state schools, independent schools and all schools separately, the percentage of all 16 year-old pupils in each of the year 1994 to 1997 obtaining five or more passes at grades A* to C, showing data separately for boys, girls and all pupils,

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and showing separately for each type of state school the percentages for local education authority schools, voluntary schools (including together voluntary controlled, voluntary aided, and special agreement schools), grant-maintained schools and, where appropriate, CTCs and including, for each category of school, the number of schools and the number of 16 year-old pupils.[HL452]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office (Lord Dubs): The information requested is as follows:

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Percentage of Year 12 pupils obtaining 5+ GCSEs at grades A*-C 1993-94 to 1996-97

Secondary Schools				Grammar Schools
	Controlled	Maintained	Controlled Integrated	Grant Maintained Integrated	Controlled	Voluntary	All Schools(1)
1993-94
Total(2)	25%	28%	23%	40%	92%	91%	49%
Number of Schools	78	78	1	3	18	53	231
Number of Year 12 pupils	7,299	8,107	40	222	1,970	6,132	23,770
1994-95
Total(2)	25%	28%	29%	28%	95%	93%	51%
Number of Schools	77	78	1	5	18	53	232
Number of Year 12 pupils	7,296	8,377	55	236	2,271	7,019	25,254
1995-96
Boys	20%	21%	23%	26%	91%	92%	45%
Girls	32%	40%	31%	43%	97%	95%	59%
Total	26%	30%	27%	34%	95%	94%	52%
Number of Schools	78	78	1	8	18	53	236
Number of Year 12 pupils	7,993	8,654	55	272	2,303	7,091	26,368
1996-97
Boys	22%	23%	23%	37%	94%	93%	47%
Girls	34%	42%	29%	47%	96%	96%	60%
Total	28%	32%	26%	41%	95%	94%	54%
Number of Schools	76	79	1	10	18	53	237
Number of Year 12 pupils	7,563	8,439	50	347	2,245	7,054	25,698

(1) Data are not available in respect of independent and special schools.

(2) Separate figures for boys and girls not available.

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