§ Mr. Robert Hughesasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report the total investment expenditure made available from public funds in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales in the last 10 years at constant prices; and what proportion this represents of total investment in those areas, and separately the same figures for each of the economic planning regions of the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettThe following table shows identifiable public sector investment expenditure at current prices in each country of the United Kingdom for 1973–74 and 1974–75. Similar information is not available for earlier years, but figures for Scotland from 1967–68 are shown in the Scottish Abstract of Statistics No. 4. 1974 table 150. Estimates are not available at constant prices or for economic planning regions.
Identifiable public expenditure on investment £ million, current prices 1973–74 1974–75† England 4,711 5,678 Scotland 653* 867 Wales 276 327 Northern Ireland 165 208 * Revised. † Provisional. Figures are not available on which to base estimates of the proportion of public sector tp total investment in individual countries.