HC Deb 03 July 1978 vol 953 c53W
Mr. Sillars

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing investment, calculated per head of the population in each country of the United Kingdom, by the nationalised industries over the past 10 years; and if he will express the figures at constant prices.

Mr. Joel Barnett

The table below gives, for the nine years 1968–69 to 1976–77, the amounts of fixed capital formation and other capital expenditure of nationalised industries which can be identified as having been incurred in each

IDENTIFIABLE CAPITAL EXPENDITURE BY NATIONALISED INDUSTRIES PER HEAD OF POPULATION
£ at 1976–77 prices
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
£ £ £ £
1968–69 … … … … 58 54 83 31
1969–70 … … … … 50 53 73 32
1970–71 … … … … 57 59 48 34
1971–72 … … … … 53 60 51 39
1972–73 … … … … 49 63 55 44
1973–74 … … … … 46 56 33 39
1974–75* … … … … 54 85 68 43
1975–76 … … … … 59 111 98 67
1976–77 … … … … 52 86 111 65
* See text.