Social Security

Richard Disney

Chapter 6 in Public Expenditure Policy, 1985–86, 1985, pp 121-151 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The Social Security programme is the largest single component of public expenditure in the UK, accounting for over 30 per cent of planned White Paper expenditure. Given that expenditure levels for particular social security benefits are determined by eligibility, the programme is not cash-limited. The growth of social security expenditure — by 28 per cent in real terms between 1979–80 and 1984–85 — is one of the reasons why the government has had so much difficulty in restraining the overall level of public expenditure in this period.

Keywords: Social Security; Unemployment Benefit; Sickness Benefit; Earning Distribution; Retirement Pension (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1985
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-08252-0_6

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