§ Mr. SalmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in theOfficial Report tables listing his Department's expenditure since 1979–80 (a) in cash terms, (b) in constant 1986–87 prices and (c) as a percentage of the United Kingdom planning total; and if he will publish similar tables for the years 1988–89 to 1990–91 based on the public expenditure plans contained in the Autumn Statement.
§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 19 November 1987]: The information is given in the table. Column (d) shows the ratio of Scottish "block" services to comparable expenditure in England, and is more meaningful than column (c) as the United Kingdom planning total includes expenditure in Scotland on services, for example 613W defence and social security, which are not included in my right hon. and learned Friend's responsibilities. The figure for 1990–91 in column (d) is not available pending decisions on individual programmes.
Scotland programme in cash terms, constant 1986–87 prices and as a percentage of total United Kingdom public expenditure (a) (b) (c) (d) Cash Constant prices (a) as a percentage of the United Kingdom planning total Block services as a percentage of comparable ser- vices in England 1979–80 4,552 7,577 5.9 14.4 1980–81 5,383 7,588 5.9 14.4 1981–82 5,841 7,469 5.6 14.9 1982–83 6,235 7,438 5.4 14.7 1983–84 6,701 7,642 5.5 14.5 1984–85 7,049 7,700 5.6 14.0 1985–86 7,225 7,443 5.4 14.5 1986–87 7,805 7,805 5.6 14.7 1987–88 7,961 7,636 5.4 14.7 1988–89 8,510 7,810 5.4 14.7 1989–90 8,600 7,630 5.1 14.4 1990–91 8,770 7,550 5.0 —