Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 18 October 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much and what proportion of the welfare budget is spent in Scotland.
In 2010-11 the Department for Work and Pensions spent around £14.7 billion on benefit expenditure and administration costs in Scotland, which is around 9.2 % of total expenditure.
Note:
Figures do not include expenditure on war pensions which is the responsibility of the Ministry of Defence, or tax credit and child benefit expenditure which is the responsibility of HM Revenue and Customs. The total DWP expenditure figure does not include welfare spending in Northern Ireland.
Source:
DWP Resource Accounts 2010/11 Table 6 and DWP statistical and accounting data.
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