§ Mr. Lambieasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report an analysis by sub-programme within programme 15 (Scotland) of how those receipts from the European regional development fund given in table 2.15 of Cmnd. 8789-II which (a) have accrued or are projected to accrue, and (b) have led or are projected to lead to additional public expenditure, rather than substitute for expenditure otherwise financed from the Exchequer.
§ Mr. BrittanAs regards(a), information in the form sought is not readily available for previous years, but details of anticipated outturn for the year 1982–83 and estimates for 1983–84 are shown in the following table:
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1982–83 1983–84 £ million £ million 15.1 Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 0.6 0.9 15.2 Industry, energy, trade and employment (excluding tourism) 7.5 7.5 15.3 Promotion of tourism 0.1 * 15.4 Roads and transport 10.2 17.5 15.5 Housing — 0.5 15.6 Other environmental services 11.5 11.1 15.8 Education and science arts and libraries — 0.1 29.9 †37.6 * Actual receipts anticipated for 1983–84 for tourism projects are £32,000.
† The estimates provision takes account of current ERDF commitments only. It is therefore not immediately comparable with the PEWP figure £49 million, which include anticipated receipts for projects still under consideration which may attract receipts during 1983–84. As regards (b), the fact that ERDF receipts enable public expenditure to be higher than it would otherwise have been is demonstrable at an overall level—of the separate presentation of those receipts in the public expenditure White Paper—but not at the level of particular projects or parts of programmes.