§ Mr. Stonehouseasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish in the Official Report a breakdown of the £1,300 million public expenditure in Northern Ireland; and if he will give his estimate of the contribution towards this amount actually raised in taxation in Northern Ireland itself.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesThe forecast of public expenditure in the United Kingdom for each of the five years in the period 1975–76 to 1979–80 will be announced in the annual Public Expenditure White Paper which will be published later this month. The White Paper will include a 781W section showing the breakdown by programme of public expenditure on Northern Ireland by both United Kingdom and Northern Ireland Government Departments.
The latest estimate of the amount of taxation and other revenue which will be raised in Northern Ireland in the financial year 1975–76 is £720 million.