§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the proportion of total public expenditure which came under the remit of the National Audit Office for each year since 1979.
§ Sir George YoungPublic expenditure is usually measured in terms of general Government expenditure, comprising both central and local governemnt. The remit of the National Audit Office—in Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Audit Office—includes all central Government expenditure including grants to local authorities but excluding notional items such as capital consumption. The figures for these items in each year since 1979 are as follows—the percentage of public expenditure within NAO's remit represents the total of central Government expenditure as a proportion of general Government expenditure:
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Year GGE £ millions Central Government Expenditure(excluding notionals) £ millions NAO remit (per cent. of GGE) 1978–79 72,431 62,688 86.55 1979–80 89,992 77,361 85.96 1980–81 108,637 94,666 87.14 1981–82 120,516 104,033 86.32 1982–83 132,672 118,004 88.94 1983–84 140,436 126,393 90.00 1984–85 150,789 135,069 89.57
Year GGE £ millions Central Government Expenditure(excluding notionals) £ millions NAO remit (per cent. of GGE) 1985–86 158,474 144,672 91.29 1986–87 164,848 150,464 91.27 1987–88 173,233 155,366 89.69 1988–89 179,798 161,208 89.66 1989–90 200,832 175,127 87.20 1990–91 218,139 202,592 92.87 1991–92 236,268 223,949 94.79 1992–93 260,237 245,635 94.39 1993–94 277,550 264,365 95.25