§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing identifiable public expenditure per capita at out-turn prices analysed into each of the major sectors for each year since 1965–66 in England, Scotland, Wales and the United Kingdom, respectively.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettThe following table shows the information requested for 1973–74 and 1974–75. Similar detail is not available of expenditure in England in earlier years, but analyses of total expenditure in Scotland and Wales are shown in Scottish Abstract of Statistics No. 4, 1974, table 149 and Digest of Welsh Statistics No. 21, 1975, table 7.04.
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IDENTIFIABLE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PER HEAD BY PROGRAMME (£) 1973–74 1974–75 Programme England Scotland Wales United Kingdom England Scotland Wales United Kingdom Agriculture, fisheries and forestry … 6 19 12 8 19 38 28 23 Trade, industry and employment … 30 39 33 31 38 50 42 41 Nationalised industries' capital expenditure (excluding BSC) … 29 36 21 29 37 55 23 38 Roads and transport … … … 24 29 28 25 31 38 32 32 Housing … … … … 42 63 32 44 74 92 65 74 Other environmental services … 27 31 35 28 33 39 37 34 Law, order and protective services … 18 17 14 18 23 21 18 24 Education, libraries, science and arts 78 95 82 80 99 121 103 102 Health and personal social services … 63 74 64 64 84 100 85 86 Social security … … … … 99 102 115 101 126 124 151 128 Other public services … … … 8 8 10 8 10 10 12 10 Common services … … … 6 4 5 5 7 5 5 7 Total* … … … … 431 517 452 442 582 691 601 598 * Figures may not add to total because each element is rounded independently.