§ Mr. Blairasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report the figures for general 228W Government expenditure, privatisation proceeds and gross domestic product used in the plotting of chart 1.1 of the 1987 public expenditure White Paper (Cmnd. 56-I, page 5).
§ Mr. MacGregorGeneral Government expenditure and privatisation proceeds figures were published in tables 2.1, 2.22 and 2.24 of the 1987 public expenditure White Paper (Cmnd. 56-II).
The gross domestic product figures underlying chart 1.1 are as follows, rounded to the nearest billion:
£ billion 1978–79 173 1979–80 207 1980–81 236 1981–82 260 1982–83 283 1983–84 307 1984–85 329 1985–86 360 1986–87 380 1987–88 407 1988–89 431 1989–90 455
§ Mr. Blairasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a note explaining how the definitions used for the calculation of the public expenditure-gross domestic product ratio have changed from White Paper to White Paper, with their numerical consequences, over the period 1979–1987.
§ Mr. MacGregorI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 28 January 1986, at columns 443–44. There were no definitional changes in the general Government expenditure-GDP percentage between the 1986 and 1987 public expenditure White Papers (Cmnd. 9702 and Cmnd. 56 respectively). A series of general Government expenditure as a percentage of GDP was published in table 2.22 of the 1987 public expenditure White Paper (Cmnd. 56).
§ Mr. Blairasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place tables in the Library showing the percentages by Department, spending authority and economic category for the period 1979–80 to 1989–90 using precisely the same definitions and classifications as in chart 1.3 of the 1987 public expenditure White Paper (Cmnd. 56-I, page 7).
§ Mr. MacGregorThe figures underlying the percentages in chart 1.3 of the 1987 public expenditure White Paper (Cmnd. 56-I), were published in tables 2.1, 2.3 and 2.7 of volumn II. These tables cover the period 1981–82 to 1989–90. Figures by spending authorities and economic category are not readily available prior to 1981–82. Copies of the White Paper are available in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. Blairasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report the detailed entries for "Other national accounts adjustments" for the years 1981–82 to 1989–;90, consistent with table 2.1 of the 1987 public expenditure White Paper.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe underlying detailed figures for the "Other national accounts adjustments", shown in table 2.1 of the 1987 public expenditure White Paper (Cmnd. 56II), appear in table 2.19 of that White Paper.
§ Mr. Blairasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table in cash terms 229W showing, for each of the years 1979–80 to 1989–90 for each of the organisations which have been included in at least one year in the equivalent of table 5.3 of the 1987 public expenditure White Paper (Cm. 56-II), those actual or planned asset sales not included in "central privatisation proceeds"; whether such proceeds have directly accrued to the Exchequer or have remained in the relevant businesses; and if he will provide this information in a format comparable to the table in columns 861–62 of the Official Report of 26 July 1986, except that at least totals should be provided for the planning years.
§ Mr. MacGregorI assume the hon. Member is referring to the answer of 26 July 1985, at columns 863–64, which my predecessor gave in reply to his earlier question on this subject.
Actual and forecast receipts from asset sales included in the internally generated funds figures shown in table 5.3 of Cm. 56 for 1979–80 to 1986–87 are shown in the table.
For the years 1987–88 to 1989–90 receipts from asset sales totalling approximately £300 million, £250 million and £200 million respectively, have been assumed.
Sales of Land and Buildings 1979–80 to 1989–90 by Department £ million 1979–80 outturn 1980–81 outturn 1981–82 outturn 1982–83 outturn 1983–84 outturn 1984–85 outturn 1985–86 outturn 1986–87 estimated outturn 1987–88 plans 1988–89 plans 1989–90 plans Defence 45 66 54 41 32 28 60 62 38 40 40 Foreign and Commonwealth Office1 — — 2 — 3 2 5 14 10 10 10 Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food2 9 21 13 12 11 11 12 21 10 10 10 Trade and Industry3 3 3 2 7 11 16 10 — — — — Employment — — — 1 1 1 — 3 1 — — Transport 32 44 66 41 44 53 60 48 37 40 40 DOE—Housing 544 792 1,392 1,965 1,525 1,355 1,289 1,528 1,419 1,420 1,460 DOE—Other environmental services 121 192 215 288 314 394 506 522 530 520 530 Home Office4 22 26 26 39 54 51 59 32 36 30 30 Education 20 25 47 46 46 79 98 110 63 60 70 Arts and Libraries — 8 2 4 3 2 — — — — — DHSS—Health and personal social services 15 22 25 27 45 64 104 153 159 160 170 DHSS—Social Security — — — — — — — — — — — Scotland 42 81 133 192 230 251 215 195 184 160 150 Wales 19 27 102 137 90 81 84 99 101 110 100 Northern Ireland 1 — 49 44 45 45 40 31 26 20 20 Chancellor's departments — — 4 — — — — — — — — Other departments5 5 9 7 16 8 8 24 23 36 20 20 Total 878 1,316 2,139 2,860 2,462 2,441 2,566 2,841 2,650 2,600 2,650 1 Including Overseas Development Administration. 2 Including Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce and Forestry Commission. 3 Including Export Credits Guarantee Department. 4 Including Lord Chancellor's Department. 5 Including Property Services Agency and Civil Superannuation.