§ Mr. Nicholas Edwardsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish
IDENTIFIABLE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PER HEAD* 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 £ £ £ £ £ £ Wales Central Government . . . . . . . . 234 256 Local authorities . . . . . . . . 123 150 Nationalised industries (excluding steel) . . . . . . . . 32 22 Other public corporations . . . . . . . . 12 14 Total 284 295 316 359 401 442 B. United Kingdom Central Government . . . . . . . . 225 263 Local authorities . . . . . . . . 128 156 Nationalised industries (excluding steel) . . . . . . . . 28 30 Other public corporations . . . . . . . . 8 12 Total 257 272 308 340 389 461 *Identifiable public expenditure is defined as in Digest of Welsh Statistics, No. 20 1974, table 7.04