§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the unidentified public expenditure per capita in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, respectively, during each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettThe term "identifiable public expenditure" is used to des-406W cribe expenditure which can conceptually and practically be allocated to the countries of the United Kingdom. By definition the remainder of public expenditure cannot meaningfully or accurately be attributed.
§ Mr. David Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish a table showing the supply and use of resources during 1974, in a format corresponding as closely as possible to the first column of table 1.1 of Command Paper No. 5879 and, if possible, in demand terms at both 1970 factor cost prices and 1974 factor cost prices.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettThe table below shows the supply and use of resources in 1974, using the same format and price basis as table 1.1 of Cmnd. 5879. It is not available at 1974 prices. The table is based on work done in the summer and is, therefore, not fully consistent with the latest national accounts.
£ million, demand terms at 1970 factor cost prices 1974 A. Supply of resources: 1. Gross domestic product 47,200 2. Net flow of resourcesout of balance of trade in goods and services -200 3. Available for domesticuse (line 1 minus line 2) 47,400 B. Domestic use of resouces: 1. Private investment includ-ingstock-building† 4,700 2. Nationalised industry investment inclucing stock-building 1,300 3. Public expenditure‡ (a) Public consumption 9,500 (b) Public investment‡ 2,300 (c) Total Public expenditure 11,800 (d) Indirect puplic expenditure 6,700 (e) Total puplic exditure 18,500 4. Personal consumption (a) Privately financed (line A3 minus lines B1 to B3 22,900 (b) Publicly financed (= line B3 (d) 6,700 (c) Total 29,600 † Excluding private investment in housing, which is included with personal consumption. ‡ Excluding nationalised industry investment.