§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the outturn of public expenditure in Scotland in constant prices, adjusted by the gross domestic product deflator, for each financial year from 1974–75 to 1983–84 and estimated expenditure for 1984–85 and 1985–86 for each of the following: (a) transport, (b) housing, (c) other environmental services, (d) education, (e) health and social work and (f) total expenditure within his responsibility.
§ Mr. YoungerThe information is given in the following table.
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Public Expenditure in Cost Terms £ million; Base year 1982–83 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86* (A) Transport 491 516 479 489 490 484 457 482 480 480 445 440 (B) Housing† 1,268 1,187 1,101 964 945 1,016 916 758 714 635 588 510 (C) Other Environmental Services‡ 662 762 637 601 508 548 519 501 495 543 490 490 (D) Education‡ 1,604 1,626 1,543 1,448 1,588 1,580 1,623 1,664 1,622 1,615 1,459 1,450 (E) Health and Social Work 1,450 1,515 1,625 1,589 1,671 1,719 1,816 1,887 1,913 1,944 1,962 1,990 (F) Total Expenditure║ within Secretary of State's Responsibility 6,230 6,334 6,263 5,819 6,034 6,324 6,279 6,217 6,242 6,445 6,225 6,060 Figures for the years to 1983–84 are based on actual or provisional outturn; the estimates for 1984–85 and 1985–86 are based on the cash figures shown in Cmnd. 9143. * Figures for 1985–86 are rounded to the nearest £10 million. † Housing figures for the years 1974–75 and 1975–76 include expenditure on rent rebates and allowances: For later years equivalent expenditure under the Unified Housing Benefit scheme is provided for in the Social Security programme. ‡Leisure and recreation provision was classified under Other Environmental Services for the years 1974–75 to 1977–78 and under Tourism and Education for the years 1978–79 to 1985–86. ║ Total expenditure for the years 1978–79 to 1985–86 includes Nationalised Industries External Financing.