§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table analysing the data in appendix 1 of Cm 1916, showing separately for each line for the years 1986–87 to 1994–95,(a) expenditure within the Welsh block and (b) other expenditure.
§ Mr. David HuntThe Welsh block comprises all Welsh Office programmes apart from agriculture, industry and nationalised industries. With the exception of local authority unhypothecated current grants and credit approvals, expenditure is identified on a programme basis in appendix 1 of Cm 1916. The unhypothecated current grants cannot be allocated to specific programmes. The breakdown of credit approvals between block and other programmes is as follows:
£ million Block Other Total 1986–87 266 2 268 1987–88 283 4 287 1988–89 283 3 286 1989–90 297 4 301 1990–91 252 3 255 1991–92 306 4 310 1992–93 332 5 337 1993–94 302 4 306 1994–95 293 4 297
§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish the latest figures available, stating whether 703W they are final outturns, provisional outturns or budget figures, for 1988–89 to 1991–92 on the statistical basis of table 1.1 (summary of revenue expenditure and income), table 1.2 (summary of capital expenditure and income), table 1.3 (revenue accounts outturn summary), table 1.4 (capital accounts outturn summary) and table 2.3 (revenue account summary) of Welsh local government financial statistics.
§ Mr. David HuntThe tables to which the hon. Gentleman refers are based on final outturn information received from local authorities. Outturn figures for 1988–89 and 1989–90 have already been published in Welsh Local Government Financial Statistics volume 14 1990 and volume 15 1991 for these years respectively. Outturn figures for later years are not yet available. Provisional or budget based figures are not available centrally at this level of detail for all accounts.
§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a reconciliation between(a) the local authority expenditure and its financing figures contained in figures 1.03 and 1.04 and appendices 1 and 3 of Cm 1916 and (b) the figures announced in the latest revenue support grant and other settlements.
§ Mr. David HuntWithin the aggregate external finance package of £2,352 million for 1992–93 the revenue support grant—RSG—element is £1,621 million, the distributable amount from the non-domestic rating—NDR—account is £536 million and the allocation for revenue specific grants is £195 million.
The Welsh revenue support grant report 1992–93 (revised) (HC 247), approved by the House on 12 February, set out my decisions on the level of RSG and NDR for 1992–93. The RSG total includes the additional resources of £3.5 million that I am making available in recognition of the school teachers' review body recommendations. This additional sum was announced too late to be included in Cm 1916. Appendix 1 of Cm 1916 refers therefore to my original proposal for an RSG allocation of £1,617 million and provides details of the NDR distributable amount and other revenue grants to local authorities for 1992–93.
The unhypothecated support to local authorities for 1992–93 of £2,230 million in figure 1.03 of Cm 1916 includes my original proposals for RSG and the distributable amount of NDR together with the other grants itemised in the table.
Wales summary cash plans: 1992–93 (Cm 1916) Unhypothecated support to local authorities £ million Revenue Support Grant 1,617 Non-domestic rating: distributable amount: 1992–93 536 Non-domestic rating collection costs 4 Community Charge Grant 27 Community Charge Reduction Scheme Grant 40 Council Tax Preparation Cost Special Grant 6 2,230
§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish tables, covering the years 1986–87 to 1994–95 and consistent with Cm 1916, analysing(a) the Welsh block by economic category within spending sector and (b) the Welsh programme by economic category within spending sector.
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§ Mr. David HuntThe information is set out in tables 1 and 2. The definition of economic categories referred to is as follows:
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A10 Pay and pension costs of staff employed in central government departments which are subject neither to central government trading body or trading fund treatment. A20 Pay and pension costs of Ministers, staff of the Northern Ireland civil and court services, staff of other public bodies (eg NHS, fringe bodies, local authorities), locally engaged staff overseas, and the armed forces. B20 Current expenditure on goods and services ("general administrative expenses") of central Government Departments, the armed forces, the Northern Ireland civil and court services including receipts from central government departments' general administrative expenses and VAT refunds of running costs expenditure. B30 Receipts covering general administrative expenses which come from outside the government sector B40 Current expenditure on goods and services (other than the general administrative expenditure of central government departments) including receipts for the provision of goods and services by one part of government to another where the corresponding payment is classified as B40. B50 Receipts from the provision of goods and services other than those rendered exclusively to another part of general government (ie covered by B20 and B40) or covering general administrative expenses (ie included under B30). C10 Subsidies to the private sector. C20 Subsidies to central government and local authority trading bodies. C40 Subsidies to other public corporations. D10 Current grants to the private sector. E10 Expenditure on the purchase of land an existing buildings. E20 Expenditure on the construction of new dwellings and improvements to existing dwellings. E30 Expenditure on other new construction. E40 Expenditure on the purchase of vehicles, plant, machinery and equipment. G10 Capital grants to the private sector—companies. G20 Capital grants to the private sector—persons and non-profit making bodies. G30 Capital grants to nationalised industries. G40 Capital grants to list I and II public corporations. H10 Net lending to the private sector—companies. H20 Net lending to the private sector—persons and non-profit-making bodies. H30 Long term net lending to nationalised industries and issue of public dividend capital (PDC). H40 Net lending to list I and II public corporations. J10 Long term market and overseas borrowing and financial leasing by nationalised industries. J20 Market and overseas borrowing and financial leasing by list I public corporations. J30 Net temporary borrowing by nationalised industries from the national loans fund, the market and overseas). J40 Deposits by nationalised industries (bank deposits and transactions in interest-bearing securities) plus all borrowing/lending transactions with other natiolalised industries and with public corporations. M10 Current grants to local authorities within AEF/AEG (excluding EC grants and those covered by M20). M15 Current grants to local authorities outside AEF/AEG (excluding EC grants and those covered by M20). M30 Current grants made by the European Communities to local authorities M40 Non-domestic rates. N10 Capital grants to local authorities (excluding EC grants and those covered by N20). N40 Credit approvals.
1. Welsh office block £ million 1986–87 Outturn 1987–88 Outturn 1988–89 Outturn 1989–90 Outturn 1990–91 Outturn 1991–92 Forecast outturn 1992–93 Plans 1993–94 Plans 1994–95 Plans 1. Central Government's own expenditure1 A10 25 27 29 32 36 42 46 49 50 A20 526 588 662 701 785 897 933 975 999 B20 10 11 12 14 14 16 18 19 19 B30 -1 - -2 -2 -2 -3 -2 -3 -3 B40 463 512 571 620 703 781 922 978 1,055 B50 -34 -37 -42 -48 -53 -23 -24 -25 -26 C10 1 1 1 2 4 7 9 9 9 C20 12 11 11 18 22 12 14 45 51 D10 17 17 19 23 26 34 87 81 82 E10 2 3 2 -2 6 -0 -0 -1 -1 E20 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 E30 133 165 178 174 217 223 249 290 301 E40 26 18 26 39 39 51 61 35 29 G10 3 11 6 14 8 11 11 12 12 G20 59 61 69 99 153 175 171 168 171 G30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 H10 -0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0 H20 -0 10 13 1 -19 -48 -38 -22 -22 Total 1,246 1,397 1,556 1,686 1,939 2,175 2,454 2,610 2,727 2. Local authority elements of the planning total M10 889 966 1,035 1,071 1,166 1,530 1,672 2,348 2,449 M15 8 9 12 13 184 234 249 211 220 M40 308 338 368 414 443 525 536 0 0 N10 30 31 29 30 149 140 190 196 210 N40 268 287 286 301 255 310 337 306 297 Total 1,503 1,631 1,729 1,829 2,197 2,739 2,984 3,060 3,176 3. Nationalised Industries C30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G30 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 H30 13 70 44 15 0 0 0 0 0 J10 2 -59 -36 -34 0 0 0 0 0 J30 5 -7 -6 0 0 0 0 0 0 J40 -4 6 5 33 0 0 0 0 0 Total 17 17 9 15 0 0 0 0 0 4. Other public corporations C40 0 2 3 3 2 4 3 3 3 E10 -4 -21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E30 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G40 0 10 15 26 31 29 32 42 46 H20 -1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 H40 -2 1 0 -2 -1 0 0 0 0 J20 -3 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 Total -2 -3 19 29 34 32 35 45 50 Grand Totals 2,764 3,043 3,312 3,559 4,170 4,946 5,473 5,714 5,953 1 Excluding finance to public corporations. 706W707W
2. Welsh office programme £ million 1986–87 Outturn 1987–88 Outturn 1988–89 Outturn 1989–90 Outturn 1990–91 Outturn 1991–92 Forecast outturn 1992–93 Plans 1993–94 Plans 1994–95 Plans 1. Central Government's own expenditure1 A10 25 27 29 32 36 42 46 49 50 A20 526 588 662 701 785 897 933 975 999 B20 10 11 12 14 14 16 18 19 19 B30 -1 -2 -2 -2 -2 -3 -2 -3 -3 B40 463 512 572 622 705 783 924 981 1,057 B50 -34 -37 -42 -48 -53 -23 -24 -25 -26 C10 83 66 77 76 101 143 163 175 177 C20 12 11 11 18 22 12 14 45 51 D10 17 18 19 23 27 34 87 81 83 E10 2 3 2 -2 6 -0 -0 -1 -1 E20 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1986–87 Outturn 1987–88 Outturn 1988–89 Outturn 1989–90 Outturn 1990–91 Outturn 1991–92 Forecast outturn 1992–93 Plans 1993–94 Plans 1994–95 Plans E30 133 165 178 174 218 226 251 292 303 E40 26 18 26 39 39 51 61 35 29 G10 116 90 101 81 61 87 78 85 87 G20 78 73 80 110 165 187 182 179 183 G30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 H10 -0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0 H20 -0 10 13 1 -19 -48 -38 -22 -22 Total 1,461 1,553 1,738 1,840 2,104 2,405 2,693 2,866 2,987 2. Local authority elements of the planning total M10 890 968 1,037 1,073 1,167 1,532 1,674 2,350 2,451 M15 8 9 12 12 183 233 248 210 219 M30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 M40 308 338 368 414 443 525 536 0 0 N10 32 33 30 33 152 144 195 200 215 N40 268 287 286 301 256 310 337 306 297 Total 1,506 1,635 1,732 1,832 2,201 2,746 2,990 3,066 3,182 3. Nationalised Industries C30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G30 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 H30 13 70 44 15 0 0 0 0 0 J10 2 -59 -36 -34 0 0 0 0 0 J30 5 -7 -6 0 0 0 0 0 0 J40 -4 6 5 33 0 0 0 0 0 Total 17 17 9 15 0 0 0 0 0 4. Other public corporations C40 6 9 11 7 9 12 13 13 13 E10 -4 -21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E30 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G10 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0 G40 36 63 80 103 118 121 110 108 114 H20 -1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 H40 -0 5 2 -4 -1 -1 2 2 2 J20 -1 2 3 4 5 3 2 2 2 Total 43 63 97 111 132 135 127 125 132 Grand Totals 3,028 3.268 3,575 3,797 4,437 5,286 5,809 6,056 6,300 1 Excluding finance to public corporations.
§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish tables analysing for the years 1986–87 to 1994–95 the data in figure 1.03 of Cm 1916, analysing the component parts of(a) the Welsh block and (b) other
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Public expenditure sub-programmes Welsh Block £ million 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 Roads and transport 160401 Motorways and trunk roads new construction/improvement 97 116 137 118 163 146 174 — — 160402 Freight facilities and other grants — — 1 — — 1 1 — — 160403 Motorways and trunk roads maintenance 15 14 15 15 19 20 21 — — 160404 Other central government — — — — — 1 1 — — 160405 Principal roads grant — — — 1 — — — — — 160405 Industrial Development Act grant — — — 1 1 1 2 — — 160408 Loss of redundancy rebate — — — — — — — — — 160409 Transport grant 20 21 20 20 27 36 37 — — 161301 Credit approvals 24 24 69 65 54 62 62 — — 161213 New towns—capital expenditure on roads 3 3 — — — — — — — Total roads and transport 159 179 242 220 264 267 298 329 342 Housing 160501 Subsidies—central Government to local authorities 12 10 10 16 — — — — — expenditure, by (i) public expenditure (sub)-programme and (ii) the functional classification used in the identifiable expenditure figures (appendix E of Cm 1920).
§ Mr. David HuntThe information is as follows:
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1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 160502 Subsidies—other 1 1 1 1 3 6 8 — — 160504 Other current expenditure 2 2 2 2 4 4 5 — — 160506 Renewal areas, OIA's and HAM's — — — — 1 1 3 — — 160507 Group repair and enveloping — — — — 19 14 13 — — 160511 Repurchase of defective dwellings — — — — — 2 1 — — 160512 Slum clearance — — — — 1 1 1 — — 160513 Improvement for sale — — — — — — — — — 160514 Improvement grants — — — — 75 54 104 — — 160515 Reinstatement grants for defective dwellings — — — — 4 3 3 — — 160516 Homes insulation grant 2 2 1 1 — — — — — 160522 Miscellaneous central Government capital expenditure — — — — — — — — — 160523 Housing for Wales—grant-in-aid 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 — — 160524 Housing for Wales capital grants to housing association 48 49 56 86 130 158 155 — — 160525 Housing for Wales lending to housing associations 3 15 17 4 -14 -41 -32 — — 160526 Housing for Wales grant redemption fund surpluses -1 -1 -1 -2 -1 — -1 — — 160527 Housing for Wales redemption of grant following sale -1 -1 -2 -3 -4 -3 -1 — — 160528 Housing for Wales—receipts other -3 -5 -4 -3 -5 -8 -6 — — 160529 New housing revenue account subsidy — — — — 179 170 210 — — 160530 Housing for Wales—HAG on deferred interest 8 7 8 7 8 8 4 — — 161212 New towns capital expenditure -1 -6 — — — — — — — 161301 Credit approvals 140 151 114 114 84 115 154 — — Total housing 210 225 203 226 486 485 625 673 697 Other environmenlal services 090400 Civil defence — — 1 1 1 1 1 — — 160301 Promotion of tourism 8 9 9 10 10 11 14 — — 160601 Ancient monuments and historic buildings— CADW 5 7 7 7 9 10 12 — — 160602 Central environmental services—cash limited 6 6 6 7 7 23 30 — — 160603 Central environmental services—non-cash limited 2 9 4 10 3 3 3 — — 160604 CADW grants to local authorities 1 — 1 — — — 1 — — 160607 Urban programme/urban development grant— current 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 — — 160609 Storm and flood damage — — — — 2 1 — — — 160410 Urban programme/urban development grant— capital 8 7 6 8 21 29 26 — — 160613 Grants for rural water services — — — — — — — — — 160614 Gypsy sites grants — — — — — 1 1 — — 160615 Clean air grants — — — — — — — — — 160616 Land Authority for Wales -5 2 1 1 1 — — — — 160617 Urban regeneration grant — — — — 2 3 4 — — 160618 Council tax and rating — — — 1 1 11 12 — — 160619 National parks supplementary grant 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 — — 161214 New town capital expenditure 1 -14 — — — — — — — 161215 Urban development corporation — 11 18 29 33 32 35 — — 161301 Credit approvals 65 59 42 60 53 60 46 — — Total environmental services 98 104 104 143 152 197 194 193 199 Educational arts and libraries 160731 Schools 2 4 3 4 5 6 7 — — 160732 Access funds — — — — 1 1 1 — — 160733 Higher education 2 2 2 2 2 3 45 — — 160734 Further education 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 — — 160735 Youth service 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 — — 160736 Welsh language 2 2 2 3 4 5 6 — — 160737 Other educational services 1 1 2 3 5 9 8 — — 160738 Education support 3 8 11 12 13 14 15 — — 160739 Bilingual education 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 — — 160748 Other specific grants — — — — — — — — — 161301 Credit approvals (education) 28 39 49 48 50 57 55 — — 160801 National Library of Wales 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 — — 160802 National Museum of Wales 8 9 12 16 16 15 14 — — 160803 Other arts and libraries — — — — — 1 1 — — 161301 Credit approvals (arts and libraries) 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 — — Total education and arts and libraries 56 76 91 99 107 122 168 167 168 Health and personal social services 160901 Hospitals and community health services 728 807 894 962 1,077 1,232 1,363 — — 160902 Other health services 1 — — 1 1 1 1 — —
1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 160904 Other centrally funded health 19 23 30 39 52 68 81 — — 160905 Personal social services 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 — — 160906 Family practitioners services administration 5 5 5 7 10 12 12 — — 160907 Family practitioners services 229 254 254 305 342 368 402 — — 160908 Welfare food and EC medical costs 7 7 6 6 7 6 7 — — 160909 NHS contributions, cost of collection 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 — — 160911 Child care training, etc. — — — — 1 1 2 — — 160913 GP practice funds — — — 3 — 10 10 — — 161301 Credit approvals 6 8 7 6 9 10 11 — — Total health and personal social services 995 1,106 1,228 1,333 1,501 1,713 1,892 1,960 2,053 Departmental/Central Administration 161001 Departmental running costs 34 36 38 43 48 55 60 — — 161002 Contracted-out VAT refunds — — — — — — — — — 161003 Central administration receipts -1 -1 -1 — -2 -1 -1 — — 161004 Central administration capital 2 1 2 3 2 2 3 — — 161005 Other current expenditure — — — — — — — — — Total departmental/Central administration 34 36 39 45 49 55 61 64 66 Unhypothecated support to local authorities 160620 National non-domestic rate collection cost — — — — 3 3 4 — — 161302 Revenue support grant — — — — 1,411 1,236 1,617 — — 161303 Rate support grant 576 950 1,015 1,049 — 4 — — — 161304 National non-domestic rate payments 308 338 368 414 443 525 536 — — 161312 Community charge grant — — — — — 268 27 — — 161305 Rate rebates to disabled people 4 4 6 7 — — — — — 161306 Rate rebates in enterprise zones 3 3 4 5 — — — — — 161307 Community charge transitional relief — — — — 20 — — — — 161311 Community charge reduction scheme — — — — — 62 40 — — 161312 Community charge rebilling and administration — — — — — 3 — — — 161314 Council tax preparation costs — — — — — — 6 — — Total Unhypothecated Support to Local Authorities 1,193 1,296 1,392 1,474 1,608 2,102 2,230 2,324 2,425 712W713W
(b) Other Programmes £ million 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 160101 Market support under CAP 39 22 38 33 54 82 103 — — 160102 National supplement to market support under CAP 2 2 2 4 4 3 3 — — 160104 Grants and lr j 7–2oans for capital and other improvements 13 9 8 8 9 9 13 — — 160105 Support for agriculture in special areas 36 35 33 34 35 45 42 — — 160106 Animal health — — — — — — — — — 160107 Other agricultural and food services 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 — — 160108 Support for the fishing industry — — — — — — — — — 160109 Support for the fishing industry and other fishery services — — — — — — — — — 160110 Other agriculture and food—EC — — — — 1 1 1 — — 160111 Support—fishing industry EC — — 1 — — — — — — 160112 Compensation to sheep producers 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 — — 160114 Arterial drainage grants to LAs — 1 — — — 1 1 — — 160115 Coast protection 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 — — 160116 Arterial drainage grants to WRA — — — 1 — 2 2 — — 161301 Credit approvals 2 4 3 3 3 4 5 — — Total Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 99 77 86 87 112 154 175 185 186 Industry 160201 Regional development grants 86 51 57 29 22 20 5 — — 160202 Regional selective assistance 34 34 41 42 35 60 54 — — 160206 Regional enterprise grants — — — 1 2 2 2 — — 160207 Other support services — — — — — 1 — — — 160208 Small firms measures — — — — — 1 — — — 160210 Careers strengthening scheme 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 — — 161201 Development Board for Rural Wales (DBRW) 8 7 10 10 10 12 13 — — 161203 DBRW—housing subsidies 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 — — 161204 Welsh Development Agency 35 57 66 69 85 89 76 — — 161301 Credit approvals — — — — — — — — — Total—Industry 167 152 178 155 158 190 166 160 164
1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 Nationalised Industries 161101 Welsh Water Authority External Finance Limits 17 17 9 15 — — — — — (ii) Identifiable General Government Expenditure
It is not possible to analyse the data shown in figure 1.03 of Cm 1916 in terms of the functional classifications used in the identifiable general Government expenditure tables which appear in appendix E of Cm 1920.
The main reason for this is that, for the local authority sector, general Government expenditure has a different coverage than the planning total (which underlies figure 1.03 of Cm 1916).
General Government expenditure measures the net expenditure of the local authority sector, including that which is financed from local authorities' own resources, such as income from the community charge and from capital receipts. The planning total covers those elements of local authority spending over which central government has controlߞgrants, non-domestic rate payments and credit approvals.
Whereas the net out-turn expenditure of local authorities is allocated across the various functions shown in appendix E of Cm 1920, it is not possible to do the same with several components of the planning total, such as revenue support grant.