HC Deb 22 February 1973 vol 851 cc194-214W
Mr. Sillars

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for each of the past 15 financial years central Government expenditure by each of the spending Departments of Government; and if he will show how Scotland's share of expenditure compares with that of England and Wales in total and percentage terms.

Mr. Higgins

The tables show central Government expenditure, (1) by spending Departments and (2) by separately administered services in England, Wales and Scotland—compared in expenditure and percentage terms—for the years 1958–59 to 1972–73. It is not possible to identify separately the Scottish portion of centrally administered expenditure which was contained in other departmental Votes.

Following are the tables:

TABLE 1
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE BY DEPARTMENT
PART I £000
Spending Department 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63
House of Lords 195 214 232 259 261
House of Commons 1,509 1,481 1,589 1,658 1,693
Treasury and Subordinate Departments 78,739 89,816 100,180 116,800 125,409
Civil Service Department 790 910 1,023 1,093 1,281
Cabinet Office
Privy Council Office 36 40 48 49 44
Customs and Excise 17,340 18,499 20,672 20,874 21,119
Inland Revenue
Exchequer and Audit Department 543 553 662 606 640
Office of Parliamentary Commissioner
Department of Economic Affairs
War Damage Commission 510 447 408 355 278
Foreign Office 39,025 38,984 45,480 47,616 50,114
Commonwealth War Graves 1,094 1,204 1,148 1,178 1,237
Commonwealth Relations Office 10,332 12,138 23,800 21,955 31,474
Colonial Office 19,590 27,325 28,016 23,988 27,113
Central African Office 806 1,235 1,222 1,718 3,200
Department of Technological Cooperation 18,829 26,534
Ministry of Overseas Development
Diplomatic Service Administration
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
British Council
Ministry of Education 382,883 100,016 80,872 93,537 123,244
Agriculture Research Council 4,110 4,702 5,530 6,070 6,435
Department of Scientific and Industrial Resources 8,895 10,394 12,759 14,791 17,361
Department of Education and Science
British Museum (Natural History) 423 458 550 574 602
British Museum 670 593 867 886 906
Imperial War Museum 49 51 56 61 64
London Museum 34 42 48 52 56
National Gallery 209 270 283 421 241
National Maritime Museum 60 66 80 89 135
National Portrait Gallery 29 36 41 45 46
Spending Department 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68
House of Lords 292 324 347 373 400
House of Commons 1,735 2,246 2,829 3,009 3,205
Treasury and Subordinate Departments 157,096 43,451 59,555 75,835 74,383
Civil Service Department 1,515 1,677 1,659 2,103 2,247
Cabinet Office
Privy Council Office 49 49 55 60 74
Customs and Excise 22,398 24,652 26,944 29,833 31,866
Inland Revenue
Exchequer and Audit Department 675 776 799 823 902
Office of Parliamentary Commissioner 16 110
Department of Economic Affairs 320 1,486 5,087 17,503
War Damage Commission 252 113
Foreign Office 52,835 56,441 27,242 26,640 34,590
Commonwealth War Graves 1,247 1,323 1,371 1,390 1,444
Commonwealth Relations Office 51,064 119,910 29,563 24,526 23,988
Colonial Office 23,161 16,210 7,542 7,330
Central African Office 5,332
Department of Technological Cooperation 31,124 1,719 1,862
Ministry of Overseas Development 33,654 116,019 168,851 180,083
Diplomatic Service Administration 2,231 37,532 39,536 44,168
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
British Council
Ministry of Education 134,443
Agriculture Research Council 7,185
Department of Scientific and Industrial Resources 20,760 24,788
Department of Education and Science 305,297 383,676 435,170 386,318
British Museum (Natural History) 670 807 839 904 940
British Museum 1,142 1,380 1,598 1,980 2,242
Imperial War Museum 78 96 125 145 173
London Museum 63 71 73 86 94
National Gallery 294 622 273 394 419
National Maritime Museum 116 153 157 174 209
National Portrait Gallery 49 62 86 72 82
Spending Department 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73
£'000
House of Lords 457 465 534 743 885
House of Commons 3,289 3,490 3,890 4,859 7,168
Treasury and Subordinate Departments 85,189 88,335 50,107 95,695 69,005
Civil Service Department 2,325 6,518 7,797 9,552 36,759
Cabinet Office 11,374 12,722 13,626 15,187
Privy Council Office 89 78 83 99 106
Customs and Excise 34,804 37,162 40,754 48,667 56,375
Inland Revenue
Exchequer and Audit Department 1,049 1,144 1,336 1,568 1,569
Office of Parliamentary Commissioner 128 133 143 163 180
Department of Economic Affairs 15,121 10,349
War Damage Commission
Foreign Office 24,872
Commonwealth War Graves 1,707 1,804 1,834 2,110 2,055
Commonwealth Relations Office 23,394
Colonial Office
Central African Office
Department of Technological Co-operation
Ministry of Overseas Development 205,833 222,584 234,335
Diplomatic Service Administration 47,664
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 88,012 85,390 384,319 417,386
British Council 7,815 8,614
Ministry of Education
Agriculture Research Council
Department of Scientific and Industrial Resources
Department of Education and Science 402,781 426,797 493,718 558,833 654,858
British Museum (Natural History) 1,061 1,123 1,346 1,564 1,704
British Museum 2,519 2,782 3,475 4,124 1,975
Imperial War Museum 202 235 318 383 437
London Museum 101 109 140 171 200
National Gallery 445 726 833 838 1,746
National Maritime Museum 237 268 355 430 525
National Portrait Gallery 95 112 174 244 221
Spending Department 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63
£'000
Home Office 80,184 67,866 75,463 84,526 93,730
Prisons Commission 11,212 13,832 16,139 19,110 21,072
Lord Chancellor's Department 1,770 1,916 2,616 3,519 4,036
Solicitor to the Treasury 645 744 801 825 844
Supreme Court Northern Ireland 67 80 91 88 89
Northern Ireland Office
Scottish Home Department 37,232 80,202 98,085 101,576 50,951
Scottish Home and Health 1,646
Scottish Health Department 81,303 84,291 93,792 93,879 99,162
Scottish Development Department
Scottish Education Department 53,560 15,244 13,007 17,642 21,820
Scottish Office
Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer 311 383 421 472 502
Department of Agriculture, Scotland 31,868 33,867 36,142
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Scotland 52,677 46,594
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 244,118 252,912 273,242 335,395 313,521
Forestry Commission 9,469 10,302 11,019 12,420 11,545
Ministry of Health 512,643 523,391 587,524 578,203 629,452
Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance 408,031 413,048 414,728 444,496 445,091
National Assistance Board 140,684 168,447 189,823 184,287 213,920
Ministry of Social Security
Department of Health and Social Security
Welsh Office
Atomic Energy Authority 95,783
Office of Ministry of Science 88,308 87,799 72,028 68,241
Board of Trade 11,507 17,950 29,228 45,443 36,817
Ministry of Aviation 213,462 220,863 209,732 241,559 265,104
Ministry of Technology
Ministry of Aviation Supply
Department of Trade and Industry
Ministry of Power 12,498 9,577 4,377 3,214 2,735
Ministry of Labour 21,425 22,644 23,421 24,369 23,920
Department of Employment and Productivity
Department of Employment
Export Credits Guarantee Department 1 256 1 1 1
Ministry of Housing and Local Government 179,185 543,338 625,324 663,040 730,825
Ministry of Land and Natural Resources
Land Commission
Ministry of Works 41,683 44,367 50,921 48,234 51,978
Ministry of Public Building and Works
Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation 91,796 105,818
Ministry of Transport 209,286 267,337 291,575
Department of the Environment
Post Office 403,451 424,617 452,150 46,464 48,125
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
Spending Department 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68
£'000
Home Office 126,675 134,260 151,162 165,862 189,029
Prisons Commission
Lord Chancellor's Department 5,461 6,694 6,670 6,637 7,364
Solicitor to the Treasury 920 975 1,098 1,137 1,329
Supreme Court Northern Ireland 93 88 117 112 116
Northern Ireland Office
Scottish Home Department
Scottish Home and Health 101,887 111,994 129,889 145,203 161,798
Scottish Health Department
Scottish Development Department 132,943 146,542 163,395 190,092 230,322
Scottish Education Department 25,116 29,143 31,154 35,069 32,190
Scottish Office
Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer 355 471 559 563 597
Department of Agriculture, Scotland
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Scotland 45,106 40,484 38,385 44,847 58,752
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 295,324 267,257 241,316 239,809 315,289
Forestry Commission 13,110 13,515 13,794 14,905 15,389
Ministry of Health 688,138 771,591 893,968 988,231 1,100,394
Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance 482,979 494,511 573,013 581,248
National Assistance Board 233,500 240,835 264,910 317,708
Ministry of Social Security 1,020,532
Department of Health and Social Security
Welsh Office 41 23,710 30,746 31,295
Atomic Energy Authority
Office of Ministry of Science 53,353 36,416
Board of Trade 33,187 46,920 48,768 60,650 407,128
Ministry of Aviation 259,370 320,340 314,625 334,503
Ministry of Technology 36,288 49,101 363,471
Ministry of Aviation Supply
Department of Trade and Industry
Ministry of Power 2,758 3,223 3,091 31,064 58,175
Ministry of Labour 26,544 31,201 34,095 229,421 693,607
Department of Employment and Productivity
Department of Employment
Export Credits Guarantee Department 1 2 1 8,009 69
Ministry of Housing and Local Government 823,335 900,501 1,011,965 1,175,586 1,484,431
Ministry of Land and Natural Resources 61 796 1,741
Land Commission 1,366
Ministry of Works
Ministry of Public Building and Works 197,897 228,539 238,463 257,676 291,061
Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation
Ministry of Transport 298,083 306,491 310,264 363,925 448,769
Department of the Environment
Post Office 58,189 64,764 78,783 83,999 91,255
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
Spending Department 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73
£'000
Home Office 202,495 226,796 259,907 324,369 379,239
Prisons Commission
Lord Chancellor's Department 9,903 11,986 16,325 21,453 30,562
Solicitor to the Treasury 1,315 1,367 1,622 2,076 2,931
Supreme Court Northern Ireland 129 137 151 176 192
Northern Ireland Office 60,816
Scottish Home Department
Scottish Home and Health 172,402 190,168 219,455 253,211 293,577
Scottish Health Department
Scottish Development Department 259,307 293,970 341,445 400,198 456,068
Scottish Education Department 32,932 37,736 40,889 48,693 54,711
Scottish Office 500 3,860 17,390
Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer 701 943 1,101 1,435 1,568
Department of Agriculture, Scotland
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Scotland 58,435 62,387 67,290 75,856 75,685
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 304,080 312,063 342,766 393,672 424,132
Forestry Commission 15,558 15,100 15,490 16,100 15,800
Ministry of Health 1,153,960
Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance
National Assistance Board
Ministry of Social Security 1,259,011
Department of Health and Social Security 2,571,107 2,884,350 3,342,007 3,836,840
Welsh Office 33,607 114,889 136,910 158,756 185,086
Atomic Energy Authority
Office of Ministry of Science
Board of Trade 598,120 709,534
Ministry of Aviation
Ministry of Technology 381,928 395,104 411,178
Ministry of Aviation Supply 253,296
Department of Trade and Industry 836,866 1,130,535 1,115,741
Ministry of Power 86,477 97,978
Ministry of Labour 766,115
Department of Employment and Productivity 1,046,552 1,130,107
Department of Employment 895,586 721,693
Export Credits Guarantee Department 5,431 1 1,627 4 314,388
Ministry of Housing and Local Government 1,673,454 1,949,008 2,512,283
Ministry of Land and Natural Resources
Land Commission 1,252 1,183 1,005
Ministry of Works
Ministry of Public Building and Works 294,485 294,533 188,853
Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation
Ministry of Transport 450,519 497,068 549,702
Department of the Environment 22,576 3,496,801 4,196,691
Post Office 96,546
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications 135,042 202,245 209,708 220,835
Spending Department 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63
£'000
Tate Gallery 62 109 126 131 120
Wallace Collection 38 44 45 48 48
National Galleries, Scotland 41 97 103 80 98
National Library of Scotland 58 92 89 98 103
National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland 19 25 28 29 27
Charity Commission 114 130 158 193 238
Crown Estate Office 134 149 162 167 170
Friendly Societies Registry 92 105 107 114 122
Royal Mint 1 1 1 1 1
National Debt Office 1,177 1,173 1,168 1,160 1,146
Public Works Loan Commission 1 1 1 1 1
Public Trustee 1 1 1 1 2
Land Registry 30
Office of Registrar of Restrictive Trading Agreements 145 149 149 147 152
Ordnance Survey 3,309 3,309 4,219 3,637 3,663
Public Record Office 127 136 162 163 165
Scottish Record Office 43 45 51 53 57
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys 450 460 585 2,511 813
Registrar General's Office, Scotland 59 62 79 379 91
Department of the Registers, Scotland 4
Department of National Savings
Stationery and Printing 14,728 15,014 17,373 18,251 17,598
Central Office of Information 2,442 2,883 3,626 5,108 5,402
Government Actuary 36 40 39 43 40
Registrar of Trade Unions &c.
National Savings Committee 1,211 1,209 1,130 1,394 1,326
Decimal Currency Board
Government Social Survey
Government Chemist 360 91
Central Land Board 75
Paymaster General 19,356 21,128 22,540 23,152 39,213
Ministry of Defence 1,287,937 1,317.374 1,427,636 1,488,281 1,549,555
Spending Department 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68
£'000
Tate Gallery 123 230 270 254 289
Wallace Collection 57 59 64 67 73
National Galleries, Scotland 93 124 130 134 154
National Library of Scotland 117 149 159 179 191
National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland 31 40 43 49 57
Charity Commission 268 322 370 394 422
Crown Estate Office 176 193 203 204 226
Friendly Societies Registry 125 142 148 151 161
Royal Mint 1 1 3 1 1
National Debt Office 1,106 1,065 1,017 917 834
Public Works Loan Commission 1 1 1 1 1
Public Trustee 1 2 1 1 1
Land Registry
Office of Registrar of Restrictive Trading Agreements 144 169 177 174 163
Ordnance Survey 3,827 3,775 3,937 3,891 4,878
Public Record Office 184 213 231 240 241
Scottish Record Office 63 73 81 89 100
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys 742 858 907 1,834 1,134
Registrar General's Office, Scotland 92 125 162 310 209
Department of the Registers, Scotland 1 1
Department of National Savings
Stationery and Printing 18,910 19,884 22,768 26,595 29,294
Central Office of Information 6,070 8,315 8,859 10,721 9,675
Government Actuary 42 45 52 66 58
Registrar of Trade Unions &c
National Savings Committee 1,403 1,504 1,638 1,880 1,743
Decimal Currency Board
Government Social Survey 830
Government Chemist
Central Land Board
Paymaster General 44,736 46,915 50,751 57,432 59,976
Ministry of Defence 1,451,839 1,535,002 1,637,026 1,719,873 1,823,946
Spending Department 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73
£'000
Tate Gallery 328 376 589 701 807
Wallace Collection 82 88 106 130 139
National Galleries, Scotland 158 171 406 277 416
National Library of Scotland 210 234 297 339 368
National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland 57 75 105 110 127
Charity Commission 468 511 636 710 741
Crown Estate Office 244 267 299 341 364
Friendly Societies Registry 176 187 211 223 222
Royal Mint 3,259 1 1 31,107 2
National Debt Office 741 658 510 477 445
Public Works Loan Commission 1 1 1 2 2
Public Trustee 1 8 1 2 2
Land Registry 2 2
Office of Registrar of Restrictive Trading Agreements 156 147 161 187 202
Ordnance Survey 5,016 5,549 6,163 6,456 7,265
Public Record Office 268 321 374 438 488
Scottish Record Office 110 126 166 190 217
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys 1,258 1,649 3,036 10,025 4,608
Registrar General's Office, Scotland 218 245 313 1,572 966
Department of the Registers, Scotland 71 31
Department of National Savings 6,966 17,969 20,091 21,257
Stationery and Printing 34,025 35,939 47,408 59,733 51,711
Central Office of Information 10,088 12,619 13,501 14,344 17,816
Government Actuary 69 72 78 107 116
Registrar of Trade Unions &c. 116 185
National Savings Committee 1,799 2,199
Decimal Currency Board 72 114 151 75
Government Social Survey 892 1,050 99
Government Chemist
Central Land Board
Paymaster General 67,863 75,872 79,775 95,007 131,174
Ministry of Defence 1,856,568 1,837,831 2,114,391 2,351,440 2,894,838
TABLE 2
SEPARATELY ADMINISTERED SERVICES
(England, Scotland and Wales)
Service 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63
£m. £m. £m. £m. £m.
England:
Police 51.0 57.4 64.2 69.1
Roads 40.4 39.1 118.8 133.6
Housing 72.7 73.6 75.9 72.6
Rate Support Grants 438.7 535.7 575.3 642.5
Education Services 97.6 77.0 28.9 48.0
Health Services 477.5 519.2
Hospitals Services, etc 389.1 426.9
Executive Councils Services 156.8 170.2
Miscellaneous health and welfare services 37.6 39.6
Totals 1,177.9* 1,302.0* 1,446.6* 1,602.5*
Scotland:
Police 5.4 7.0 7.0 7.2
Roads 8.1 10.6 17.8 20.2
Housing 17.8 18.9 19.7 18.4
Rate Support Grants 55.6 69.6 73.4 83.1
Education Services 14.6 12.4 9.5 8.8
Health Services 59.6 64.3 71.8 81.0
Totals 161.1 182.8 199.2 218.7
Wales:
Police
Roads
Housing
Rate Support Grants
Education Services
Health Services
Totals
Grand Total 1,339.0 1,484.8 1,645.8 1,821.2
Scotland (percentage) 12.0 12.3 12.1 12.0
England (percentage) 88.0 87.7 87.9 88.0
Wales (percentage)
Service 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68
£m. £m. £m. £m. £m.
England:
Police 73.7 77.8 88.0 97.5 111.4
Roads 162.9 166.6 185.0 202.9 229.2
Housing 77.4 77.4 82.0 88.0 105.1
Rate Support Grants 731.1 731.1 837.2 937.7 1,170.7
Education Services 54.3 38.6* 36.6* 38.0 44.1
Health Services
Hospitals Services, etc 467.1 492.3 552.5 619.0 689.0
Executive Councils Services 177.2 187.0 238.5 259.1 291.0
Miscellaneous health and welfare services 41.2 44.5 48.0 51.1 55.0
Totals 1,784.9* 1,815.3 2,067.8 2,293.3 2,695.5
Scotland:
Police 7.8 8.8 9.4 10.1 11.2
Roads 22.7 24.2 29.8 32.3 36.8
Housing 18.2 21.0 22.7 24.2 26.7
Rate Support Grants 90.1 98.3 108.7 123.7 148.3
Education Services 10.2 7.5 7.7 9.3 12.8
Health Services 88.8 96.9 113.1 127.0 141.9
Totals 237.8 256.7 291.4 326.6 377.7
Wales:
Police 3.9 4.6 4.9 5.6
Roads 15.7 18.4 19.3 16.5
Housing 4.6 5.1 5.6 6.4
Rate Support Grants 63.8 70.6 79.3 97.1
Education Services 1.6 1.9
Health Services 44.8 53.2 57.3 64.4
Totals 132.8 151.9 168.0 191.9
Grand Total 2,022.7 2,204.8 2,511.1 2,787.9 3,265.1
Scotland (percentage) 11.8 11.6 11.6 11.7 11.6
England (percentage) 88.2 82.3 82.3 82.3 82.6
Wales (percentage) 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.9
Service 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73
£m. £m. £m. £m. £m
England:
Police 117.8 130.4 148.5 189.3 194.0
Roads 323.9 280.2 337.5 336.7 393.3
Housing 123.5 147.6 216.8 230.7 338.7
Rate Support Grants 1,303.5 1,400.4 1,749.5 2,018.8 2,169.8
Education Services 49.1 48.7 50.5 60.6 65.5
Health Services
Hospitals Services, etc 749.7 836.4 969.6 1,117.1 1,244.9
Executive Councils Services 290.0 314.6 363.5 388.8 412.4
Miscellaneous health and welfare services 49.5 51.6 59.8 50.2 51.4
Totals 3,007.0 3,209.9 3,895.7 4,392.2 4,870.0
Scotland:
Police 12.4 13.0 15.2 20.0 19.4
Roads 36.2 40.0 44.3 50.1 59.7
Housing 30.2 36.1 45.5 50.1 61.4
Rate Support Grants 166.2 195.7 222.5 264.5 283.7
Education Services 13.3 14.8 16.0 18.7 21.3
Health Services 150.4 168.2 194.9 220.2 240.8
Totals 408.7 467.8 538.4 623.6 686.3
Wales:
Police 5.9 6.6 7.4 9.7 10.6
Roads 15.6 15.2 21.2 29.4 35.4
Housing 7.2 8.5 10.0 13.1 16.5
Rate Support Grants 105.7 117.3 133.9 154.2 165.5
Education Services 1.5 2.1 2.1 2.4 2.6
Health Services 68.4 77.8 89.3 98.9 106.6
Totals 204.3 227.5 263.9 307.7 337.2
Grand Total 3,620.0 3,905.2 4,698.0 5,323.5 5,893.5
Scotland (percentage) 11.3 12.0 11.5 11.7 11.6
England (percentage) 83.1 82.2 82.9 82.5 82.6
Wales (percentage) 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.7
* Includes Wales.
Note: All figures reflect total Estimates except for 1972–73. Records in this form only as from 1959–60

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