Health and Education Spending

HC Deb 05 July 1999 vol 334 cc420-1W

Mr. Field

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the extra £40 billion allocated to health and education spending over the next three years in the 1999 Budget and the Comprehensive Spending Review, how much has been allocated to specific programmes; and if he will give a breakdown of how the allocated funds will be spent. [89528]

Mr. Milburn

The allocation of health and education spending to specific programmes is set out in the following Departmental Reports listing the Government's Expenditure Plans for 1999–2000 to 2001–02: the Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Educations (Cm 4202); the Department of Health (Cm 4203); the Scottish Office (Cm 4215); the Welsh Office (Cm 4216) and Northern Ireland (Cm 4217).