§ Mr. Sheldonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of Government expenditure overseas for 1973.
§ Mr. Nott, pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 19th November 1973; Vol. 864, c. 341], gave the following information:
It is not Government practice to provide forward estimates of the balance of payments or its components, other than those shown in the Financial Statement and Budget Report and the annual Public Expenditure White Paper. Figures of Government services and transfer payments overseas and of official long-term capital transactions for the first six months of 1973 are contained in tables 9 and 11 of the September edition of Economic Trends.