Mr. Baker Whiteasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, on the basis of the finance accounts of the United Kingdom, he will furnish a calculation 87W showing how each £1 collected in taxation is allocated to various main items of national expenditure.
§ Mr. Glenvil HallThe figures in the table below express the provision for expenditure in the 1948 and 1949 Budgets in terms of each £1 of total revenue as estimated in those Budgets. They are given in continuation of the figures for the 1947 Budget furnished in the reply to the Question asked by the hon. Member on 27th February, 1948.
Budget Estimate 1948–49 1949–50 £ s. d. £ s. d. National Debt Services — 2 8 — 2 7 Other Consolidated Fund services. — — 2 — — 3 Supply Services: Defence — 3 8 — 4 — Central Government and Finance — — 1 — — 1 Foreign and Imperial — — 2 — — 3 Home Department, Law and Justice. — — 3 — — 4 Education and Broadcasting. — 1 2 — 1 3 Health, Housing, Town Planning, Labour and National Insurance etc. — 3 2 — 3 10 Trade, Industry and Transport. — — 11 — — 11 Common Services (Work, Stationary etc.). — — 5 — — 5 Non—effective Charges (Pension). — — 6 — — 6 Supply, Food and Miscellaneous Services. — 2 6 — 2 11 Revenue Departments (excluding Post Office expenditure met from Revenue). — — 2 — — 2 Surplus of Revenue over expenditure. — 4 2 — 2 6 1 — — 1 — —