Public Expenditure

HC Deb 30 April 1975 vol 891 c169W

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish

IDENTIFIABLE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PER HEAD*
	1968–69	1969–70	1970–71	1971–72	1972–73	1973–74
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Wales
Central Government	. .	. .	. .	. .	234	256
Local authorities	. .	. .	. .	. .	123	150
Nationalised industries (excluding steel)	. .	. .	. .	. .	32	22
Other public corporations	. .	. .	. .	. .	12	14
Total	284	295	316	359	401	442
B. United Kingdom
Central Government	. .	. .	. .	. .	225	263
Local authorities	. .	. .	. .	. .	128	156
Nationalised industries (excluding steel)	. .	. .	. .	. .	28	30
Other public corporations	. .	. .	. .	. .	8	12
Total	257	272	308	340	389	461
*Identifiable public expenditure is defined as in Digest of Welsh Statistics, No. 20 1974, table 7.04