§ Mr. TimmsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish updated versions of tables 5A.4 and 5A.5 from the "Financial Statement and Budget Report 1997–98". [19125]
§ Mr. DarlingThe attached tables are an update of the tables included in the Financial Statement and Budget Report. The figures for 1997–98 and 1998–99 are based on the plans announced in November 1996 and revised to take account of any announced changes in spending plans including the Summer Winter Supplementary Estimates.
These figures include:
the £1.2 billion allocated to the NHS and the £1 billion allocated to schools for 1998–99 in the July Budget.the additional £300 million for patient services in the NHS for this year announced in October.the extra £190 million provision this year and next for pensioners' fuel bills announced in the Pre Budget Report.569Wthe effect of the abolition of nursery vouchers and the transfer of money to local authorities to fund their early year development plans.There are no figures for new plans for 1999–2000 and beyond as new plans will not be set until the completion of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
In addition we have allocated substantial funds outside the Control Total; over £5 billion for the Welfare to Work programme and for investment in housing. the expected spending in 1997–98 and 1998–99 is shown in the following table. We have also announced a change in allocations from the National Lottery; £1 billion will be allocated over the next four years for the Government's priorities of health and education including spending on out of school activities and on National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts.
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Control total by department £ million Outturn Plans 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Defence (excluding married quarters) 22,910 22,757 22,562 21,517 22,345 21,660 22,250 MoD Married Quarters — — — — -962 -700 — Foreign Office 1,242 1,244 1,263 1,339 1,059 1,100 1,070 Department for International Development 2,126 2,235 2,385 2,338 2,343 2,210 2,320 Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 2,186 2,937 2,445 2,827 4,205 3,740 3,400 Trade and Industry—Programmes 2,812 2,737 2,811 3,223 3,092 3,090 3,020 Trade and Industry—Nat Inds 1,300 1,278 577 25 -394 -100 -180 Export Cre Guar Department 117 -60 -26 16 15 10 — DETR—Transport 6,557 5,959 5,974 4,619 4,838 5,220 4,590 DETR—Other 10,371 10,284 9,635 8,915 8,300 7,440 7,530 DETR—Local Government1 31,175 29,378 29,913 30,298 31,321 31,380 32,760 Memo: Education SSA1 — — — — 17,764 17,840 19,380 Education and Employment1 10,762 13,616 14,364 14,449 14,494 14,090 13,360 Home Office 5,824 5,965 6,259 6,480 6,532 6,920 6,860 Legal Departments 2,334 2,415 2,585 2,684 2,749 2,710 2,680 Department for Culture, Media and Sport 1,005 977 978 1,026 978 890 910 Health 28,212 29,763 31,575 32,907 33,817 35,160 36,700 of which NHS 27,970 28,941 30,570 31,958 33,044 34,590 36,120 Social Security 61,130 67,091 69,457 72,748 76,970 80,060 83,910 Scotland1 12,723 13,580 14,082 14,312 14,490 14,500 14,590 Wales1 5,992 6,296 6,551 6,719 6,820 6.940 6,980 Northern Ireland1 6,606 7,108 7,426 7,717 8,030 8,230 8,330 Chancellors' Departments 3,478 3,393 3,329 3,288 3,201 3,180 3,130 Cabinet Office 1,012 1,054 966 1,248 1,214 1,050 1,350 European Communities 1,912 1,877 1,268 3,370 1,717 1,780 2,440 Local authority self-financed expenditure 8,815 7,999 10,718 12,887 12,718 13,100 13,600 Further EYF Takeup2 — — — — — 700 — Reserve — — — — — 1,400 2,000 Control total 230,602 239,885 247,098 254,952 259,893 265,800 273,500 1Education The £1 billion provided for schools in 1998–99 in the Budget has been added to support for local authorities and appear in the figures for DETR—Local Government, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Education SSA line shows central government's provision for a nominal "standard level of service" in education. The amount of money is a broad indicator of local authority spending on education; the final decisions are made by individual local authorities. The Education SSA line includes the 1998–99 money transferred to DETR—LG following the abolition of nursery vouchers. The spending plans for the Department of Education and Employment are reduced on 1997–98 and 1998–99 by the expected proceeds from sales of student loans (£1.6 billion in each year). The apparent reduction in spending between 1997–98 and 1998–99 principally consists of transfers to other departments including DETR—Local Government and DSS. There is a real terms increase in overall provision for education in 1998–99. 2 Further EYF Take-up This is the Treasury estimate of likely further take-up by departments before the end of 1997–98 of unspent provision carried forward from last year under the end-year flexibility rules. Some £450 million of EYF has already been taken up in the Winter Supplementary Estimates and is included in the departmental totals.
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Expenditure outside the Control Total £ million 1997–98 1998–99 Spending by programme1: A New Deal for the under 25s unemployed over six months 100 700 A New Deal for people unemployed over two years 0 100 A New Deal for lone parents 0 25 Childcare2 0 40 A New Deal for Schools 100 300 Total expenditure 200 1,165 Capital Receipts Initiative 200 700 1 Illustrative levels of spending based on current levels of unemployment. Actual provision for any particular year will be decided in the light of the number of eligible people and the effectiveness of the programme. 2 Including changes to Family Credit, and Out of School Clubs.
Control Total by department in real terms (1996–97 prices) £ billion Outturn Plans 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Defence (excluding married quarters) 25.3 24.4 23.8 22.1 22.3 21.1 21.1 MoD Married Quarters — — — — -1.0 -0.7 — Foreign Office 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.0 Department for International Development 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.2 Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 2.4 3.1 2.6 2.9 4.2 3.6 3.2 Trade and Industry—Programmes 3.1 2.9 3.0 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.9 Trade and Industry—Nat Inds 1.4 1.4 0.6 0.0 -0.4 -0.1 -0.2 Export Cre Guar Dept. 0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DETR-Transport 7.2 6.4 6.3 4.7 4.8 5.1 4.3 DETR-Other 11.4 11.0 10.2 9.2 8.3 7.2 7.1 DETR-Local Government1 34.4 31.5 31.6 31.1 31.3 30.6 31.0 Memo: Education SSA1 — — — — 17.8 17.4 18.4 Education and Employment1 11.9 14.6 15.2 14.9 14.5 13.7 12.7 Home Office 6.4 6.4 6.6 6.7 6.5 6.7 6.5 Legal Departments 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5 Dept. for Culture, Media and Sport 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 Health 31.1 31.9 33.3 33.8 33.8 34.2 34.8 of which NHS 30.9 31.0 32.3 32.8 33.0 33.7 34.2 Social Security 67.4 71.9 73.3 74.8 77.0 78.0 79.5 Scotland1 14.0 14.6 14.9 14.7 14.5 14.1 13.8 Wales1 6.6 6.7 6.9 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.6 Northern Ireland1 7.3 7.6 7.8 7.9 8.0 8.0 7.9 Chancellors' Departments 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.0 Cabinet Office 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.3 European Communities 2.1 2.0 1.3 3.5 1.7 1.7 2.3 Local authority self-financed expenditure 9.7 8.6 11.3 13.2 12.7 12.7 12.8 Further EYF Takeup2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 Reserve 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.9 Control Total 254.4 257.1 260.9 262.0 259.9 258.8 259.1
§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will update Table 6.5 of the Financial Statement and Budget Report 1996–97 to show comparisons of the outturns with Table 6.5 estimates for 1996–97, and comparisons of current estimates for 1997–98 and 1998–99 with such estimates for these years as appeared in Table 6.5 (FSBR 1996–97). [19268]
§ Mr. Geoffrey Robinson[holding answer 8 December 1997]: The Government is wholly committed to PFI, and has wasted no time putting into place the changes needed to revitalise the initiative. Following consultation with PFI practitioners, Malcolm Bates' review identified a number of areas that warranted attention, and the Government has acted quickly to issue guidance and help from the centre, to encourage departments to set realistic priorities, to work on establishing standard templates to reduce the need for repetition of effort, and to put in place legislation to facilitate the flow-through of contracts in the health and local authority sectors. We are already seeing positive results, with contracts signed for two major hospitals, and education establishments at Clarendon College and Colfox School in Dorset.
This table is compiled every six months. The latest version, set out below, represents the latest figures that have been collected centrally. These are estimates, and not targets to be met at any price. The Government's priority is to conclude good value for money projects. We are also promoting a wide range of other public-private partnerships, many of which would not be captured by this table: 572W
Table 6.5 (FSBR 1996–97): 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Total Defence 30 80 210 320 FCO 10 10 10 30 MAFF 10 20 10 40 DTI 10 10 10 30 Transport 1120 1320 1260 3700 DfEE 20 40 50 110 Environment 30 30 30 100 Home Office 50 110 60 220 Legal Departments 10 20 10 40 National Heritage 20 30 30 80 Health 170 200 300 670 DSS 130 70 100 300 Scotland 140 360 420 920 Wales 60 150 150 360 Northern Ireland 50 80 80 210 Chx's departments 40 40 30 110 Total 1900 2570 2760 7240
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Latest Estimates: 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Total Defence 50 270 390 710 FCO 0 20 30 50 MAFF 0 0 0 0 DTI 0 10 10 20 Transport 570 1,220 1,340 3,130 DfEE 0 10 10 20 Environment 70 80 140 290 Home Office 120 230 160 510 Legal Departments 10 10 10 30 National Heritage 0 20 30 50 Health 60 110 270 440
Latest Estimates: 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Total DSS 80 410 170 660 Scotland 20 200 510 730 Wales 10 10 80 100 Northern Ireland 0 20 50 70 Chancellor's departments 0 70 240 310 Local Authorities 0 25 315 340 Total 1,000 2,705 3,745 7,460