HC Deb 22 December 1976 vol 923 cc219-22W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of each category of public expenditure detailed in Tables 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.13, and 2.14, respectively, of Command Paper No. 6393 is unidentified.

Mr. Joel Barnett

The figures given below are the percentages of total public expenditure in 1975–76 as published in National Income and Expenditure 1965–75 which cannot be identified from official records as having been incurred in a particular country.

PERCENTAGE OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURE NOT ALLOCATED TO A PARTICULAR COUNTRY
Trade, industry and employment
Regional support and regeneration 1
Industrial innovation 12
General support for industry 62
Support for nationalized industries (other than the transport industries) 77
International trade 99
Functioning of the labour market 2
Central and miscellaneous services including regulation of domestic trade and industry and consumer protection 14
Total 39
Nationalised industries capital expenditure
Fuel 18
British Steel Corporation 22
Post Office 1
Airways and airports 59
Surface transport industries 6
Total 15
Roads and transport
Motorways and trunk roads etc. —
Local transport 3
Central Government subsidies 96
Ports and shipping 11
Civil aviation 6
Other transport services 7
VAT paid by local authorities —
Total 20
Other public services
Parliament and Privy Council 73
Economic and financial administration 9
Central management of the civil service —
Records, registration and surveys 3
Broadcasting (capital expenditure) 2
Other services 69
VAT paid by local authorities —
Total 13
Common services
Office and general accommodation services 6
Stationery and printing (home) 56
Computers and telecommunications —
Home publicity 99
Civil superannuation 100
Rates on Government property —
Other common services 41
Total 41

Mr. Wigley

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish details of the identifiable public expenditure per capita on other public services in England, Scotland and Wales, respectively, during each of the last three years, analysing the data into sectors corresponding to those shown in Table 2.13 of Command Paper No. 6393.

Mr. Joel Barnett

Following is the information requested:

IDENTIFIABLE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PER HEAD "OTHER PUBLIC SERVICES"
1973–74 1974–75 1975–76*
England £ Scotland £ Wales £ England £ Scotland £ Wales £ England £ Scotland £ Wales £
Economic and financial administration 7 6 8 7 7 11 11 10 20
Parliament and Privy Council, Central Management of the Civil Service, Records registration and Surveys 1 1 — 1 1 1 1 1 1
Broadcasting (capital expenditure) and other services 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1
Total 8 8 10 9 10 13 12 13 22
Figures may not add to total because each element is rounded individually.
* Provisional.