§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest estimate of the cost during the present financial year of financial support given by the Government to the BBC to undertake its external services.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThe latest forecast of outturn for 1977–78 is:
£ Foreign and Commonwealth office: Grant in aid of External Broadcasting 30,445,000 Grant in aid of External Monitoring 2,203,000 Ministry of Defence contribution to External Monitoring 551,000 Total cash grant to the BBC 33,199,000 In addition, the Foreign and Commonwealth meet the following costs of operating relay stations for External Broadcasting: Staff costs 2,014,000 Operating costs 2,511,000 Total cost to the Exchequer 37,724,000
CHANGES IN PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON ROADS AND TRANSPORT £ million at 1977 survey prices 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 Changes between Cmnd. 6721 and Cmnd. 7049 Motorways and trunk roads … … -39 -46 -9 -64 -63 Local transport … … -138 -58 +33 +62 +81 Central government subsidies … … -74 +7 +54 +42 +32 Other … … -22 +1 -12 -5 -12 Total … … -273 -96 +66 +35 +38
£ million at 1976 survey prices 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 Changes between Cmnd. 6393 and Cmnd. 6721* Motorways and trunk roads … … -5 -34 -66 Local transport … … -28 -40 -9 Central government subsidies … … — -9 -4 Other … … -6 -14 -14 Total … … -39 -97 -93 * Changes since Cmnd. 6393 excluding those announced before December 1976.