§ Mr. David DavisTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing, for the latest years now available, identifiable public expenditure by function in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom expressed (a) in cash terms, (b) as an index (United 121W Kingdom total identifiable public expenditure = 100), (c) as an amount per capita and (d) as an amount per capita expressed as an index (United Kingdom amount per capita = 100).
§ Mr. MajorThe term "identifiable expenditure" refers to expenditure that can be identified from official records as having been incurred in a particular country. Total identifiable expenditure accounts for around 80 per cent. of total departmental public expenditure.
The remainder, unidentifiable expenditure, includes expenditure on defence, overseas aid and other overseas services which are deemed to have been incurred on behalf of the United Kingdom as a whole. Unidentifiable expenditure also includes Government net lending to, and the market and overseas borrowing of, the public corporations (including nationalised industries), due to the difficulty of allocating this finance to expenditure in a particular country. Privatisation proceeds are also included in unidentifiable expenditure.
Tables 1 to 5 show figures of identifiable public expenditure according to main function in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These are the only available figures comparing public expenditure by function in the four countries of the United Kingdom. The analysis covers 1983–84 to 1987–88, the only period for which data are available on a consistent basis.
Table 6 compares, for the latest year, 1987–88, expenditure in the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland programmes with the total identifiable expenditure in the
Table 1a Identifiable public expenditure 1983–84 £ million Index (United Kingdom identifiable expenditure = 100) England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 711.2 201.2 95.8 149.7 1,157.9 61.4 17.4 8.3 12.9 Trade, industry, energy and employment 3,009.3 723.7 365.4 374.9 4,473.3 67.3 16.2 8.2 8.4 Arts and libraries 515.9 63.8 27.8 — 607.5 84.9 10.5 4.6 — Roads and transport 4,457.3 547.1 376.2 123.5 5,504.1 81.0 9.9 6.8 2.2 Housing 3,153.6 716.7 195.7 192.6 4,258.6 74.1 16.8 4.6 4.5 Other environmental services 3,465.9 530.3 264.4 176.5 4,437.1 78.1 12.0 6.0 4.0 Law, order and protective services 3,634.1 458.5 189.7 400.4 4,682.7 77.6 9.8 4.1 8.6 Education and science 12,975.6 1,964.4 816.3 581.9 16,338.2 79.4 12.0 5.0 3.6 Health and personal social services 14,711.2 2,036.2 916.2 635.2 18,298.8 80.4 11.1 5.0 3.5 Social security 29,405.6 3,329.5 1,884.7 1,094.3 35,714.1 82.3 9.3 5.3 3.1 Other public services 1,049.7 235.3 99.6 53.7 1,438.3 73.0 16.4 6.9 3.7 Common services -145.2 -13.6 -0.8 1.9 -157.7 — — — — Planning total 76,944.2 10,793.1 5,231.0 3,784.6 96,752.9 79.5 11.2 5.4 3.9
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Table 1b Identifiable public per head 1983–84 £ per head Index (United Kingdom identifiable expenditure = 100) England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 15.2 39.1 34.1 97.0 20.5 73.9 190.1 166.0 472.1 Trade, industry, energy and employment 64.2 140.5 130.1 242.9 79.4 80.9 177.0 163.9 306.0 Arts and libraries 11.0 12.4 9.9 — 10.8 102.1 114.9 91.8 — Roads and transport 95.1 106.2 134.0 80.0 97.7 97.4 108.7 137.2 81.9 Housing 67.3 139.2 69.7 124.8 75.6 89.1 184.1 92.2 165.1 Other environmental services 74.0 103.0 94.2 114.4 78.7 94.0 130.8 119.6 145.2 Law, order and protective services 77.6 89.0 67.6 259.5 83.1 93.3 107.1 81.3 312.2 Education and science 277.0 381.4 290.7 377.1 290.0 95.5 131.5 100.3 130.0 Health and personal social services 314.0 395.3 326.3 411.6 324.8 96.7 121.7 100.5 126.7 Social security 627.7 646.5 671.2 709.1 633.8 99.0 102.0 105.9 111.9 Other public services 22.4 45.7 35.5 34.8 25.5 87.8 179.0 139.0 136.3 respective countries by function. It shows that identifiable expenditure has a wider coverage than expenditure within the responsibilities of the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales; in the case of Northern Ireland it has a slightly wider coverage than the Northern Ireland programme in the public expenditure survey. This table also shows unidentifiable expenditure by function for 1987–88. It should be noted that the unidentifiable expenditure for housing is entirely made up of Government net lending to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive which is excluded from identifiable expenditure because it is classified as a public corporation.
In some cases expenditure which cannot be separately identified for England, Scotland or Wales can be allocated to Great Britain rather than the United Kingdom; for example, the majority of the financing of expenditure by the nationalised industries can be allocated to Great Britain. Tables 7a and 7b compare Northern Ireland allocated expenditure with that allocated to Great Britain over the five-year period.
The extent to which expenditure can be identified may vary from year to year and between countries. The coverage of particular functions can also vary between countries; for example, in Northern Ireland, expenditure on arts and libraries is contained in the education category.
The tables use the terms and definitions of the last public expenditure White Paper "The Government's Expenditure Plans 1988–89 to 1990–91" (Cm. 288) but they incorporate later information.
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£ per head Index (United Kingdom identifiable expenditure = 100) England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Common services -3.1 -2.6 -0.3 1.2 -2.8 — — — — Planning total 1,642.5 2,095.6 1,863.0 2,452.4 1,717.1 95.7 122.0 108.5 142.8
Table 2a Identifiable public expenditure 1984–85 £ million Index (United Kingdom identifiable expenditure = 100) England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 682.9 230.5 100.6 160.5 1,174.5 58.1 19.6 8.6 13.7 Trade, industry, energy and employment 3,218.6 766.9 382.5 420.4 4,788.4 67.2 16.0 8.0 8.8 Arts and libraries 551.4 69.1 28.9 649.4 84.9 10.6 4.5 Roads and transport 4,681.8 563.5 328.7 121.9 5,695.9 82.2 9.9 5.8 2.1 Housing 3,266.6 656.7 136.9 210.6 4,270.8 76.5 15.4 3.2 4.9 Other environmental services 3,677.0 533.8 272.3 183.0 4,666.1 78.8 11.4 5.8 3.9 Law, order and protective services 4,121.2 498.2 209.9 430.6 5.259.9 78.4 9.5 4.0 8.2 Education and science 13,475.2 2,013.0 838.6 610.9 16,937.7 79.6 11.9 5.0 3.6 Health and personal social services 15,757.9 2,182.2 986.3 666.9 19,593.3 80.4 11.1 5.0 3.4 Social security 31.870.9 3,603.2 2,049.3 1,186.1 38,709.5 82.3 9.3 5.3 3.1 Other public services 1,163.9 247.4 102.6 57.9 1,571.8 74.0 15.7 6.5 3.7 Common services -79.2 -8.2 4.5 2.4 -80.5 Planning total 82,388.2 11,356.3 5,441.1 4,051.2 103,236.8 79.8 11.0 5.3 3.9
Table 2b Identifiable public expenditure per head 1984–85 £ per head Index (United Kingdom identifiable expenditure = 100) England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 14.5 44.8 35.8 103.5 20.8 69.9 215.3 172.3 497.6 Trade, industry, energy and employment 68.5 149.0 136.3 271.2 84.8 80.8 175.7 160.7 319.7 Arts and libraries 11.7 13.4 10.3 11.5 102.1 116.8 89.5 Roads and transport 99.7 109.5 117.1 78.6 100.9 98.8 108.5 116.1 77.9 Housing 69.6 127.6 48.8 135.8 75.6 92.0 168.7 64.5 179.6 Other environmental services 78.3 103.7 97.0 118.0 82.6 94.8 125.5 117.4 142.8 Law, order and protective services 87.8 96.8 74.8 277.7 93.2 94.2 103.9 80.3 298.1 Education and science 287.0 391.2 298.7 394.0 300.0 95.7 130.4 99.6 131.3 Health and personal social services 335.6 424.1 351.3 430.1 347.0 96.7 122.2 101.2 124.0 Social security 678.7 700.2 730.0 765.0 685.6 99.0 102.1 106.5 111.6 Other public services 24.8 48.1 36.5 37.3 27.8 89.0 172.7 131.3 134.1 Common services -1.7 -1.6 1.6 1.5 -1.4 Planning total 1,754.6 2,206.9 1,938.3 2,613.0 1,828.5 96.0 120.7 106.0 142.9
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Table 3a Identifiable public expenditure 1985–86 £ million Index (United Kingdom identifiable expenditure = 100) England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 676.0 250.6 106.7 155.1 1,188.4 56.9 21.1 9.0 13.1 Trade, industry, energy and employment 3,373.4 794.6 397.5 449.7 5,015.2 67.3 15.8 7.9 9.0 Arts and libraries 581.7 75.2 31.6 — 688.5 84.5 10.9 4.6 — Roads and transport 4,759.3 582.3 337.2 122.6 5,801.4 82.0 10.0 5.8 2.1 Housing 2,962.0 616.2 128.1 227.0 3,933.3 75.3 15.7 3.3 5.8 Other environmental services 3,660.3 535.6 285.1 194.7 4,675.7 78.3 11.5 6.1 4.2 Law, order and protective services 4,199.9 521.0 219.5 470.0 5,410.4 77.6 9.6 4.1 8.7 Education and science 13,927.2 2,058.5 848.7 637.5 17,471.9 79.7 11.8 4.9 3.6 Health and personal social services 16,613.8 2,317.1 1,052.0 699.1 20,682.0 80.3 11.2 5.1 3.4 Social security 34,904.1 4,026.3 2,218.6 1,292.9 42,441.9 82.2 9.5 5.2 3.0 Other public services 1,284.6 254.5 106.5 63.8 1,709.4 75.1 14.9 6.2 3.7 Common services -97.2 -10.3 1.7 2.2 -103.6 — — — — Planning total 86,845.1 12,021.6 5,733.2 4,314.6 108,914.5 79.7 11.0 5.3 4.0
Table 3b Identifiable public per head 1985–86 £ per head Index (United Kingdom identifiable expenditure = 100) England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 14.3 48.8 37.9 99.6 21.0 68.4 232.4 180.8 474.3 Trade, industry, energy and employment 71.6 154.7 141.4 288.7 88.6 80.8 174.6 159.6 325.9 Arts and libraries 12.3 14.6 11.2 — 12.2 101.5 120.4 92.4 — Roads and transport 101.0 113.4 119.9 78.7 102.5 98.6 110.6 117.0 76.8 Housing 62.9 120.0 45.6 145.7 69.5 90.5 172.7 65.6 209.8 Other environmental services 77.7 104.3 101.4 125.0 82.6 94.1 126.3 122.8 151.3 Law, order and protective services 89.1 101.4 78.1 301.7 95.6 93.3 106.1 81.7 315.7 Education and science 295.6 400.8 301.8 409.2 308.6 95.8 129.9 97.8 132.6 Health and personal social services 352.6 451.1 374.1 448.8 365.3 96.5 123.5 102.4 122.9 Social security 740.9 783.9 789.0 830.0 749.6 98.8 104.6 105.3 110.7 Other public services 27.3 49.5 37.9 41.0 30.2 90.3 164.1 125.5 135.6 Common services -2.1 -2.0 0.6 1.4 -1.8 — — — — Planning total 1,843.4 2,340.4 2,039.0 2,769.7 1,923.7 95.8 121.7 106.0 144.0
Table 4a Identifiable public expenditure 1986–87 £ million Index (United Kingdom identifiable expenditure = 100) England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 632.1 227.3 115.3 160.2 1,134.9 55.7 20.0 10.2 14.1 Trade, industry, energy and employment 3,802.4 938.7 509.0 395.8 5,645.9 67.3 16.6 9.0 7.0 Arts and libraries 623.6 81.7 33.1 738.4 84.5 11.1 4.5 Roads and transport 4,666.5 586.5 362.9 126.9 5,742.8 81.3 10.2 6.3 2.2 Housing 2,597.8 635.9 174.2 238.0 3,645.9 71.3 17.4 4.8 6.5 Other environmental services 3,693.5 581.9 330.6 208.4 4,814.4 76.7 12.1 6.9 4.3 Law, order and protective services 4,641.4 567.1 230.7 517.2 5,956.4 77.9 9.5 3.9 8.7 Education and science 15,172.3 2,272.8 934.8 730.8 19,110.7 79.4 11.9 4.9 3.8 Health and personal social services 17,915.4 2,444.7 1,132.5 750.6 22,243.2 80.5 11.0 5.1 3.4 Social security 37,307.8 4,272.7 2,395.4 1,400.1 45,376.0 82.2 9.4 5.3 3.1 Other public services 1,417.7 283.5 119.4 76.0 1,896.6 74.7 14.9 6.3 4.0 Common services -84.6 -6.3 0.2 -0.2 -90.9 Planning total 92,385.9 12,886.5 6,338.1 4,603.8 116,214.3 79.5 11.1 5.5 4.0
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Table 4b Identifiable public expenditure per head 1986–87 £ per head Index (United Kingdom identifiable expenditure = 100) England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 13.4 44.4 40.9 102.2 20.0 66.9 222.0 204.4 511.4 Trade, industry, energy and employment 80.5 183.3 180.4 252.6 99.5 80.9 184.3 181.4 254.0 Arts and libraries 13.2 16.0 11.7 13.0 101.4 122.6 90.2 Roads and transport 98.8 114.5 128.6 81.0 101.2 97.6 113.2 127.2 80.1 Housing 55.0 124.2 61.8 151.9 64.2 85.6 193.3 96.1 236.5 Other environmental services 78.2 113.6 117.2 133.0 84.8 92.2 134.0 138.2 156.8 Law, order and protective services 98.2 110.7 81.8 330.1 104.9 93.6 105.5 77.9 314.6 Education and science 321.1 443.8 331.4 466.4 336.7 95.4 131.8 98.4 138.5 Health and personal social services 379.1 477.4 401.5 479.1 391.9 96.8 121.8 102.4 122.3 Social security 789.5 834.3 849.1 893.6 799.4 98.8 104.4 106.2 111.8 Other public services 30.0 55.4 42.3 48.5 33.4 89.8 165.7 126.7 145.2 Common services -1.8 -1.2 0.1 -0.1 -1.6 Planning total 1,955.1 2,516.4 2,246.8 2,938.3 2,047.3 95.5 122.9 109.7 143.5
Table 5a Identifiable public expenditure 1987–88 £ million Index (United Kingdom identifiable expenditure = 100) England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 685.4 226.8 89.6 167.0 1,168.8 58.6 19.4 7.7 14.3 Trade, industry, energy and employment 3,698.0 759.7 466.0 371.2 5,294.9 69.8 14.3 8.8 7.0 Arts and libraries 666.7 84.9 38.1 789.7 84.4 10.8 4.8 Roads and transport 4,820.6 628.5 404.0 131.2 5,984.3 80.6 10.5 6.8 2.2 Housing 2,536.5 670.8 210.9 237.3 3,655.5 69.4 18.4 5.8 6.5 Other environmental services 3,676.2 674.0 321.9 232.2 4,904.3 75.0 13.7 6.6 4.7 Law, order and protective services 5,218.5 629.8 263.2 593.0 6,704.5 77.8 9.4 3.9 8.8 Education and science 16,601.4 2,442.4 1,040.7 786.8 20,871.3 79.5 11.7 5.0 3.8 Health and personal social services 19,677.0 2,696.3 1,257.0 812.4 24,442.7 80.5 11.0 5.1 3.3 Social security 38,660.7 4,561.9 2,500.8 1,465.4 47,188.8 81.9 9.7 5.3 3.1 Other public services 1,558.3 301.0 126.2 81.3 2,066.8 75.4 14.6 6.1 3.9 Common services -16.4 1.7 3.9 0.6 -10.2 Planning total 97,782.9 13,677.8 6,722.3 4,878.4 123,061.4 79.5 11.1 5.5 4.0
Table 5b Identifiable public expenditure per head 1987–88 £ per head Index (United Kingdom identifiable expenditure = 100) England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 14.5 44.4 31.6 106.0 20.5 70.4 216.1 153.9 516.4 Trade, industry, energy and employment 78.0 148.6 164.3 235.7 93.0 83.9 159.8 176.7 253.4 Arts and libraries 14.1 16.6 13.4 13.9 101.4 119.7 96.8 Roads and transport 101.7 122.9 142.4 83.3 105.1 96.7 117.0 135.5 79.2 Housing 53.5 131.2 74.4 150.7 64.2 83.3 204.4 115.8 234.6 Other environmental services 77.5 131.8 113.5 147.4 86.1 90.0 153.0 131.7 171.1 Law, order and protective services 110.1 123.2 92.8 376.5 117.8 93.5 104.6 78.8 319.7 Education and science 350.2 477.8 366.9 499.5 366.6 95.5 130.3 100.1 136.3 Health and personal social services 415.1 527.4 443.2 515.8 429.3 96.7 122.8 103.2 120.1 Social security 815.5 892.4 881.7 930.4 828.9 98.4 107.7 106.4 112.2 Other public services 32.9 58.9 44.5 51.6 36.3 90.5 162.2 122.6 142.2 Common services -0.3 0.3 1.4 0.4 -0.2 Planning total 2,062.6 2,675.6 2,370.2 3,097.2 2,161.6 95.4 123.8 109.6 143.3
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Table 6 Planning total analysed by territorial area 1987–88 £ million England Scotland (Total) Programme 151 Scotland other Wales (Total) Programme 161 Wales other Northern Ireland (Total) Programme 171 Northern Ireland other United Kingdom Non identified Total Defence 18,662.4 18,662.4 Overseas services 3,611.1 3,611.1 Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 685.4 226.8 175.1 51.7 89.6 70.9 18.7 167.0 166.8 0.2 1,168.8 1,239.0 2,407.8 Trade, industry, energy and employment 3,698.0 759.7 229.3 530.4 466.0 160.5 305.5 371.2 369.2 2.0 5,294.9 782.9 6,077.8 Arts and libraries 666.7 84.9 84.9 38.1 38.1 2 2 2 789.7 220.2 1,009.9 Roads and transport 4,820.6 628.5 626.1 2.4 404.0 331.8 72.2 131.2 131.2 5,984.3 -323.3 5,661.0 Housing 2,536.5 670.8 670.8 210.9 210.9 237.3 237.3 3,655.5 3113.8 3,769.3 Other environmental services 3,676.2 674.0 662.6 11.4 321.9 315.6 6.3 232.2 232.2 4,904.3 101.4 5,005.7 Law, order and protective services 5,218.5 629.8 613.8 16.0 263.2 263.2 593.0 569.8 23.2 6,704.5 1,056.0 7,760.5 Education and science 16,601.4 2,442.4 2,130.6 311.8 1,040.7 877.0 163.7 786.8 785.0 1.8 20,871.3 110.8 20,982.1 Health and personal social services 19,677.0 2,696.3 2,696.3 1,257.0 1,257.0 812.4 812.4 24,442.7 12.4 24,455.1 Social security 38,660.7 4,561.9 4,561.9 2,500.8 2,500.8 1,465.4 1,453.9 11.5 47,188.8 510.6 47,699.4 Other public services 1,558.3 301.0 116.6 184.4 126.2 38.6 87.6 81.3 48.7 32.6 2,066.8 551.0 2,617.8 Common services -16.4 1.7 1.7 3.9 3.9 0.6 0.6 -10.2 1,356.6 1,346.4 Public expenditure on programmes 97,782.9 13,677.8 8,006.1 5,671.7 6,722.3 3,300.4 3,421.9 4,878.4 4,806.5 71.9 123,061.4 28,004.9 151,066.3 Privatisation proceeds -5,108.4 -5,108.4 Planning total 97,782.9 13,677.8 8,006.1 5,671.7 6,722.3 3,300.4 3,421.9 4,878.4 4,806.5 71.9 123,061.4 22,896.5 145,957.9 1Programmes 15, 16 and 17 relate to the Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland programmes covered by the respective chapters of Volume II of the 1988 public expenditure White Paper (Cm. 288). 2Expenditure on arts and libraries in Northern Ireland is contained in the education and science category. 3Unidentified expenditure for housing is entirely made up of Government net lending to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.
Table 7a Identifiable public expenditure 1983–84 to 1987–881 £ million Index2 Great Britain Northern Ireland United Kingdom identified Great Britain Northern Ireland 1983–84 95,359.4 3,875.2 99,234.6 96.1 3.9 1984–85 102,383.4 4,180.7 106,564.1 96.1 3.9 1985–86 106,489.0 4,430.3 110,919.3 96.0 4.0 1986–87 113,542.0 4,662.2 118,204.2 96.1 3.9 1987–88 119,228.8 4,998.8 124,227.6 96.0 4.0 1 Financing of nationalised industries' expenditure can be allocated between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and has therefore been included in this table. 2 United Kingdom identifiable expenditure = 100.
Table 7b Identifiable public expenditure per head 1983–84 to 1987–881 £ per head Index2 Great Britain Northern Ireland United Kingdom identified Great Britain Northern Ireland 1983–84 1,740.0 2,511.1 1,761.1 98.8 142.6 1984–85 1,864.6 2,696.5 1,887.4 98.8 142.9 1985–86 1,934.1 2,843.9 1,959.1 98.7 145.2 1986–87 2,057.1 2,975.6 2,082.4 98.8 142.9 1987–88 2,153.9 3,173.6 2,182.1 98.7 145.4 1 Financing of nationalised industries' expenditure can be allocated between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and has therefore been included in this table. 2 United Kingdom identifiable expenditure = 100.