§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Answer given to the hon. Member for Blaby on 18th February 1976, setting out the proposed reductions in public expenditure in 1976–77 as published in the Official Report of 17th April 1975 but converted to 1975–76 outturn prices, if he will publish a comparable table, using the same price basis, setting out the proposed increases in public expenditure in 1976–77 announced or revealed since 17th April 1975.
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE IN 1976–77 £m at estimated 1975–76 outturn prices Cmnd. 5879 Increases in estimates since 17th April 1975* Current expenditure on goods and services† Capital ‡ Other transfer payments Total 49,900 395 380 815 1,590 * Including any changes other than announced policy changes occurring before 17th April. † Including current grants to private bodies. ‡ Including gross domestic fixed capital formation, capital grants to private sector, persons and non-profit making bodies, and net lending to private sector.