HC Deb 02 February 1977 vol 925 c189W
Mr. Forman

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report, on the same date as the publication of the public expenditure

£ million at 1976 survey prices
Programme Goods and Services Transfers Total
1. Defence … … 5,374 23 5,397
2. Oversea said and other overseas services … … 252 1,128 1,380
3. Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry … … 220 296 516
4. Trade, industry and employment … … 666 1,803 2,469
5. Government lending to nationalized industries … … — 900 900
6. Roads and transport … … 1,582 622 2,204
7. Housing … … 1,736 2,539 4,275
8. Other environmental services … … 2,117 82 2,199
9. Law, order and protective services … … 1,779 27 1,806
10. Education and libraries, science and arts … … 5,700 1,481 7,181
11. Health and personal social services … … 6,555 32 6,587
12 Social security … … 540 11,370 11,910
13. Other public services … … 778 27 805
14. Common services … … 798 — 798
15. Northern Ireland … … 865 638 1,503
Total … … 28,962 20,968 49,930

As stated in volume 1 of Cmnd. 6721 the figures for 1979.80 and 1980–81 to be published in the second volume of the White Paper are even more provisional than usual. To publish these in the form requested would serve no meaningful purpose.

Mr. Ralph Howell

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total amount of income tax paid in 1975–76 by those people whose earnings are below their supplementary benefit entitlement.

Mr. Robert Sheldon,

pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 27th January 1977; Vol. 924, c. 758], gave the following answer:

I regret that information is not available about the total amount of income tax payable by persons whose weekly earnings are consistently below their supplementary benefit entitlement.