HC Deb 05 November 1975 vol 899 c188W
Mr. Knox

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will now publish in the Official Report a list of proposed Government cuts for 1976–77—to include cuts in previously planned rates of growth in expenditure—showing separately cuts in local government and national Government expenditure.

Mr. Joel Barnett

In his Budget Statement on 15th April my right hon. Friend announced cuts in public expenditure programmes for 1976–77 of £1,100 million at present prices compared with previously planned programmes. A provisional analysis by spending authority of these reductions is as follows: