§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the per capita expenditure on public works by the Government and local authorities in each of the last 12 years in Northern Ireland, Scotland, England Wales, and Development Act areas, respectively.
§ Mr. du CannI regret that the information is not available in the detail requested by my hon. Friend. In particular, complete figures for Wales and the development districts cannot be separately identified. The following table shows Government and local authority capital expenditure per head in the years 1950 to 1961 in Northern Ireland, Scotland and England and Wales. An amount, varying from year to year, of between 5 per cent. and 20 per cent. of the total expenditure cannot be allocated by country. It has been assumed that this expenditure was264W at the same per capita rate in each country.
Northern Ireland Scotland England and Wales £ £ £ 1950 8 10 8 1951 11 13 11 1952 14 17 13 1953 16 18 15 1954 14 16 13 1955 14 16 12 1956 18 17 13 1957 18 17 13 1958 17 15 13 1959 17 16 14 1960 19 18 14 1961 19 19 16