§ Mr. Parrisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will give the total public expenditure by programme consistent with table 1.3 of the latest expenditure White Paper, Cmnd. 9143, for the years 1973–74 to date.
§ Mr. Peter ReesInformation concerning public expenditure by programme for the years 1973–74 to 1976–77 is only readily available on the definitions of the 1983 public expenditure White Paper, Cmnd. 8789. Data for these years, consistent with table 1.7 of Cmnd. 8789, are as follows.
Total public expenditure by programme consistent with table 1.7 of Cmnd. 8789* 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 £ million £ million £ million £ million Defence 3,449 4,145 5,339 6,183 Overseas aid and other services 606 709 738 1,039 Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 448 1,100 1,321 987 Industry, energy, trade and employment 2,321 2,945 3,018 3,093 Transport 1,281 1,828 2,320 2,349 Housing 1,814 3,281 3,244 3,669 Other environmental services 1,205 1,534 1,968 1,913 Law, order and protective services 846 1,098 1,458 1,678 Education, science, arts and libraries 3,777 4,887 6,185 6,982 Health and personal social services 2,949 3,935 5,206 5,937 Social security 5,824 7,324 9,925 11,603 Other public services 412 526 764 871 Common services 369 448 643 708 Scotland 1,626 2,157 2,768 3,060 Wales 635 857 1,090 1,240 Northern Ireland 797 1,101 1,449 1,627 Government lending to nationalised industries 195 709 1,087 284 Adjustments Public corporations' net overseas and market borrowing 716 713 426 1,166 Special sales of assets 0 0 0 0 Planning total 29,270 39,297 48,949 54,392 * The Cmnd. 8789 programme definitions differed from those employed in Cmnd. 9143 in that government lending to the nationalised industries and the market and overseas borrowing of the nationalised industries and some other public corporations were shown separately in Cmnd. 8789 whereas this expenditure is included in the appropriate functional programme in Cmnd 9143.