§ Mr. Hordernasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table from international sources available to 45W him, giving the same information, and in the same form as he did in his reply to the hon. Member for Braintree (Mr. Newton) in the Official Report, 13th December 1976, column 553–4, for the USA, France, West Germany and Japan.
SOURCES AND USES OF GENERAL GOVERNMENT FUNDS, 1974 Per cent. Sources of funds United kingdom USA* France Germany Japan Direct taxes 35 41 19 29 41(1) Indirect taxes 30 28 37 30 25 Social security contributions 14(2) 22 36 28 15 Gross operating surplus 5 6 1 2(3) -2(4) Other income (interest receipts, fines etc.) 7 3 9 8 8 Financial deficit (+)/surplus (-) 9 — -2 3 13 100 100 100 100 100 Per cent. Uses of funds United Kingdom USA* France Germany Japan Government final consumption of which: 45 58 33 45 35 General public services 6 10 .. .. .. Defence 11 19 .. 7 .. Education 10 16 .. .. .. Health 9 1 .. .. .. Other 9 12 .. .. .. Social security benefits (including social assistance grants) 20(5) 26 42 27 20(6) Debt interest 9 6 2 3 3 Transfers (net) to rest of world 1(7) 1 3 2 — Other transfers (including subsidies), net 14 -1 11 14 5 Investment (gross) 11(8) 10 9 9 20 Other — — — — 17(9) 100 100 100 100 100 * 1973. .. Not available. (1) Includes fines, fees etc. (2) National insurance, health and redundancy fund contributions. (3) Capital consumption only. (4) After allowing for depreciation. (5) Includes benefits paid abroad. (6) Includes other benefits and grants. (7) Includes transfers (net) to EEC. (8) Includes expenditure on land and existing buildings. (9) Balancing item. Account is incomplete.
§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total amount spent on goods and services by the Government in 1976 in England, Scotland and Wales, respectively.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettInformation is not available on total Government spending in 1976 in England, Scotland and Wales, respectively. However, £6,305 million of expenditure by central Government on goods and services in 1975–76 can be identified from official records as having been incurred in England £765 million in Scotland, and £375 million in Wales. These figures relate to all the main
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§ Mr. Joel BarnettInformation on other countries in the form requested is not available. Estimates for General Government based on the National Accounts of OECD countries for 1974 are shown in the table below.
Services, except defence and overseas services which are undertaken for the United Kingdom as a whole.
§ Mr.Ripponasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of Public expenditure is currently represented by debt interest with both debt interest and public expenditure as currently defined.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettI would refer the right hon. and learned Member to the information I gave him last Monday.— [Vol.924, c.413 and 414].
§ Mr. Ridleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give details of any 47W changes in the cash limits originally laid down for 1976–77; and whether he expects further reductions to be made for this financial year.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettI would refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for York (Mr. Lyon) on 6th December—[Vol. 922, c.66]. There has been no further change to the position since that date, and I expect little in the remainder of the financial year.
§ Mr. Ridleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, when he publishes the next Public Expenditure White Paper, he will set out his reasons for any changes he may have made to the analysis of proposals for spending on individual programmes other than those dealing with debt interest and nationalised industries.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettI will let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.