§ Mr. Nicholas Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing total identifiable public expenditure in Wales divided into each of the major components of public expenditure, with separate figures for agriculture, fisheries, forestry and for trade, industry and employment, in each year since 1960, at current prices at constant prices and as a percentage in each case of total public expenditure in Wales, together with the estimated comparable figures for 1975–76.
§ Mr. John MorrisThe following tables show identifiable public expenditure in Wales from 1965–66 to 1973–74 at outturn prices. The percentage share of each major sector in the Welsh total is given for the years 1968–69 to 1973–74. It is not possible to provide comparable information for years preceding 1965–66, and data on social security payments are not available before 1968–69. The tables show that part of total public expenditure in the United Kingdom which can be identified as relating to establishments, projects or assets physically located in Wales. They do not include some expenditure indirectly benefiting Wales, or include the total of public expenditure taking place within the Principality. The year to year changes may reflect improvements in the collection of information or changes in fiscal arrangements, e.g., in the agriculture, and trade, industry and employment sectors.
Comparable data at constant prices are not available nor are estimates for 1975–76.
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IDENTIFIABLE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE IN WALES TABLE 1 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 Agriculture, fisheries, forestry 19.7 20.7 24.1 24.1 25.3 29.8 33.4 32.4 31.9 Agriculture 12.9 13.0 16.6 16.7 17.0 19.6 21.8 20.5 24.4 Fisheries 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 Forestry 6.7 7.6 7.4 7.3 8.2 10.0 11.5 11.8 7.4 Trade, industry and employment 88.6 117.7 161.1 179.2 162.0 144.5 153.0 154.0 147.4 Investment aids. 0.3 3.3 28.9 58.4 47.3 56.9 51.5 41.1 58.0 Employment ..† ..† 15.1 23.8 25.8 24.1 27.8 27.4 31.2 Nationalised industries* capital expenditure 88.3 114.4 117.1 97.0 88.9 63.5 73.7 85.5 58.2 Roads and transport 29.2 33.3 37.0 38.1 44.5 49.3 63.4 72.1 76.3 Housing 41.2 46.8 40.5 43.3 40.0 45.4 53.1 52.4 85.1 Other environmental services 28.2 33.7 32.9 41.4 47.0 51.3 56.8 70.1 82.3 Education, libraries, science and arts 90.7 95.6 103.7 115.8 128.5 146.0 169.3 197.7 220.9 Health and personal social services 73.6 79.1 87.6 94.2 103.4 119.2 132.8 153.6 176.5 Social security ..† ..† ..† 194.1 206.5 221.8 254.8 281.4 310.6 Law, order and protective services 15.7 17.3 19.1 20.9 23.2 24.3 29.0 34.4 39.9 Other public and common services 10.0 11.5 12.6 16.7 18.2 27.0 32.1 48.2 42.8 Total 396.9 455.7 518.6 767.8 798.6 858.6 977.7 1,096.3 1,213.7 * This sector does not include the steel industry. † Not available.
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TABLE 2 Percentage share of each sector 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 Agriculture, fisheries, forestry 3.1 3.2 3.5 3.4 3.0 2.6 Agriculture 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.2 1.9 2.0 Fisheries — — — — — — Forestry 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.1 0.6 Trade, industry, employment 23.3 20.2 16.8 15.6 14.0 12.2 Investment aids 7.6 5.9 5.6 5.3 3.7 4.8 Employment 3.1 3.2 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.6 Nationalised industries capital expenditure 12.6 11.1 7.4 7.5 7.8 4.8 Roads and transport 5.0 5.6 5.7 6.5 6.6 6.3 Housing 5.6 5.0 5.3 5.4 4.8 7.0 Other environmental services 5.4 5.9 6.0 5.8 6.4 6.8 Education, libraries, science and arts 15.1 16.1 17.0 17.3 18.0 18.2 Health and personal social services 12.3 12.9 13.9 13.6 14.0 14.5 Social security 25.3 25.9 25.8 26.1 25.7 25.6 Law, order and protective services 2.7 2.9 2.8 3.0 3.1 3.3 Other public and common services 2.2 2.3 3.2 3.3 4.4 3.5 Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0