Mr. H. Wilsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the total estimated above-the-line Government expenditure, including estimates and Consolidated Fund expenditure, as put forward in successive Budget statements at the beginning of each financial year from 1952–53 to the present financial 123W year, the total of Supplementary Estimates for each year, including 1959–60, to date, and the final out-turn of expenditure, on a comparable basis, for each year up to and including 1958–59.
Mr. AmoryThe information requested is contained in the following
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ABOVE THE LINE (INCLUDING SELF-BALANCING EXPENDITURE) £000 Financial Year Total Expenditure provided for in the Budget Supplementary and Revised Votes subsequently granted Total Estimated Expenditure Outturn (Audited Expenditure) (1) (2) (3) (4) 1952–53 … … … 4,444,697 196,706 4,641,403 4,555,395 1953–54 … … … 4,487,201 228,668 4,715,869 4,518,180 1954–55 … … … 4,762,699 42,663 4,805,362 4,570,523 1955–56 … … … 4,821,725 100,308 4,922,033 4,760,820 1956–57 … … … 5,026,583 145,361 5,171,944 5,162,605 1957–58 … … … 5,134,481 175,803 5,310,284 5,265,760 1958–59 … … … 5,443,282 195,230 5,638,512 5,446,668 (a) 1959–60 … … … 5,601,996 110,561 (b) 5,638,512 5,446,668 Notes (a) The Appropriation Accounts for 1958–59 are still in course of publication. (b) Included in this amount are Supplementary Estimates for £1,558,630 which are being presented to Parliament today (1st March, 1960).