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Chrysalis · 02-07-2015, 00:27

Some information regarding expenditure and cuts.

social loans scrapped - the last 7 years of its use were self funded, and 4 of the 7 years were budget surplus by over 6 figures.

2013 figures

state pensions 74.22 billion (close to 50% of total DWP budget). - no cuts
DLA 12billion - apparently unaffordable - cut for working age, pensioners and ex armed forces excluded
ESA 4.8 billion still been targeted for more cuts is less than 10% of pension budget
JSA I think similar to ESA just under 5 billion - (picture is heavily compressed) - targeted very heavily for cuts especially for under 25s

There is of course budgets such as housing benefits which are a complete minefield as its split across all age groups as well as many full time employed people, and a lot of housing benefit expenditure goes into private landlord pockets as well.

02-07-2015, 00:27	#1612
Chrysalis cf.mega poster Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,047	Re: The state benefits system mega-thread. Many merged. Some information regarding expenditure and cuts. social loans scrapped - the last 7 years of its use were self funded, and 4 of the 7 years were budget surplus by over 6 figures. 2013 figures state pensions 74.22 billion (close to 50% of total DWP budget). - no cuts DLA 12billion - apparently unaffordable - cut for working age, pensioners and ex armed forces excluded ESA 4.8 billion still been targeted for more cuts is less than 10% of pension budget JSA I think similar to ESA just under 5 billion - (picture is heavily compressed) - targeted very heavily for cuts especially for under 25s There is of course budgets such as housing benefits which are a complete minefield as its split across all age groups as well as many full time employed people, and a lot of housing benefit expenditure goes into private landlord pockets as well.