Office of Public Service and Science

HC Deb 06 July 1993 vol 228 cc61-2W

Sir Rhodes Boyson

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will publish the total amount of expenditure on provision within the responsibility of the Office of Public Service and Science in(a) England, (b) Greater London and (c) the south-east, excluding Greater London, for each year from 1982–83 to 1992–93, estimated, distinguishing between current and capital expenditure, though excluding local authority credit approvals/capital allocations.

Mr. David Davis

I am able to provide the following information about the Department's expenditure on the administration of public service and science and on the science programme.(i) Expenditure on the Administration of Public Service and Science The major part of the Office of Public Service and Science's offices and staff is located in London and the south-east, but the Occupational Health Service, which has its headquarters in Edinburgh, has a small regional network, and the Government Centre for Information Systems has offices in Norwich. Total expenditure by the Department and its predecessors on administration in the period 1982–83 to 1992–93 was as follows:

£millions
Year	Current Expenditure	Capital Expenditure	Total
1982–83	53.0	5.6	58.6
1983–84	63.4	1.9	65.3
1984–85	76.1	3.4	79.5
1985–86	79.1	4.3	83.4
1986–87	75.5	8.7	84.2
1987–88	90.6	10.6	101.2
1988–89	98.0	9.6	107.6
1989–90	96.5	7.3	103.8
1990–91	104.3	11.0	115.3
1991–92	123.6	9.1	132.7
1992–93	134.0	11.0	145.0

(ii) Expenditure on the Science Programme Information on capital and current expenditure from the science budget by the research councils, the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering is not available in the form requested prior to 1992–93. The expenditure figures for England are as follows:

England
£ millions
	Current Expenditure	Capital Expenditure	Total
1982–83	n/a	n/a	n/a
1983–84	319.4	68.4	387.8
1984–85	340.4	67.5	407.9
1985–86	351.5	78.3	429.8
1986–87	364.9	80.1	445.0
1987–88	397.0	82.7	479.7
1988–89	434.3	96.4	530.7
1989–90	519.0	115.5	634.5
1990–91	n/a	n/a	n/a
1991–92	1554.0	1121.6	675.6
n/a = not available.
1 Estimated Breakdown.

For 1992–93 the figures are as follows:

£ millions
England	South East excluding Greater London	Greater London
Current	Capital	Current	Capital	Current	Capital
599.l	124.3	173.8	36.3	149.5	19.8