§ Mr John Nottasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish estimates of the subsidy element in each of the 15 major public spending programmes distinguished
SUBSIDY ELEMENT IN MAJOR PUBLIC SPENDING PROGRAMMES £ million 1975 Survey prices Outturn prices 1973–1974 1974– 1975 1975–1976 1976–1977 1979–1980 1973– 1974 1974–1975 Agriculture, fisheries and forestry: Agricultural support 450 548 584 342 292 319 455 Support for fishing and forestry 27 28 38 30 33 22 28 Food subsidies — 652 576 376 50 — 535 Total 477 1,288 1,198 748 375 341 1,018 Trade, industry and employment: Regional Employment Premium 157 191 215 213 225 107 155 Other regional support and regener-ation 11 18 26 22 32 9 18 General support to industry and industrial innovation 22 21 41 49 13 23 21 Support to nationalised industries (other than transport industries) 810 774 167 79 18 630 763 International trade — — — — 2 — — Functioning of the labour market 9 8 17 49 — 8 8 Total 1,009 1,012 466 412 290 777 965 Roads and transport: Local transport 32 132 148 126 85 23 129 Central government subsidies: Nationalised industries 194 381 314* 280* 235* 159 371 Other 29 44 34 34 26 20 36 Civil aviation 39 35 42 30 7 33 34 Total 294 592 548 470 353 235 570 Housing Subsidies 720 966 1,017 1,082 1,005 508 793 Other environmental services: All services 6 25 13 4 9 4 19 Agriculture, fisheries and forestry 27 37 26 20 10 21 32 Trade, industry and employment 34 63 42 29 17 34 63 Transport 1 4 3 5 5 1 4 Housing 17 45 36 47 64 12 38 Total 79 149 107 101 96 68 137 *Provision in Table 2.6 less British Rail infrastructure in Table 2.5. See page 56, paragraph 34 of Cmnd. 6393.