Wales (Public Expenditure)

HC Deb 16 February 1971 vol 811 c392W

Mr. Elystan Morgan

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage the current amount of identifiable public expenditure from central Government sources in Wales represents of such expenditure in the United Kingdom as a whole.

Mr. Maurice Macmillan

The proportion of identifiable public expenditure incurred by the central Government in Wales in 1969–70 represented 5.6 per cent. of such expenditure in the United Kingdom.