§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will now specify the distribution of the reductions in the rate of growth in public expenditure announced on 17th December last between the individual programmes for which his Department is responsible, and the consequential changes to take effect during the course of the current financial year, respectively.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerA breakdown by programme of the DTI share of the savings for 1974–75 was given in my reply to the Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Oswestry (Mr. Biffen) on 21st December. I do not expect any significant effect on DTI expenditure under the trade, industry and employment, and roads and transport, programmes in 1973–74. Any effects in 1973–74 on capital expenditure by the nationalised industries will depend on how the savings are apportioned within the industries themselves, but it is likely to be small.