Public Expenditure

HC Deb 31 January 1973 vol 849 c413W

Mr. Pardoe

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing estimated public expenditure by programme for each year from 1972–73 to 1976–77, assuming an average annual rate of inflation equal to that experienced in the last five years; and what that rate of inflation is.

Mr. Higgins

Reliable estimates could not be provided without a disproportionate amount of time and effort.