§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the total volume of central Government spending in Wales at constant prices for each year from 1979 to the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsCentral Government expenditure within my responsibility—excluding rate support and rate rebate grants—adjusted for general inflation as measured by the gross domestic product deflator at 1982–83 prices is estimated as:
Expenditure 1979–80 1,125,260,445 1980–81 1,043,563,843 1981–82 1,146,402,016 1982–83 1,152,979,619