§ Mr. Carmichaelasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish details of his estimate of the following in relation to the Scottish and Welsh Assemblies: (a) devolved public expenditure and (b) identifiable public expenditure, in similar form to Tables 1 and 2 of Command Paper No. 6890 for financial years 1971–2, 1974–5, 1976–77, for Scotland and Wales, and for England, Northern Ireland and the English regions.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonI regret that the only information at present available is shown in the tables below:
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IDENTIFIABLE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE 1974–75 England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland £m. As percentage of United Kingdom £m. As percentage of United Kingdom £m. As percentage of United Kingdom £m. As percentage of United Kingdom United Kingdom Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 898 70.5 190 14.9 86 6.7 101 7.9 1,274 Trade, industry and employment 904 64.3 249 17.7 106 7.5 147 10.5 1,405 Government lending to nationalised industries 518 76.8 78 11.5 18 2.7 61 9.0 675 Roads and transport 1,539 81.1 210 11.1 95 5.0 53 2.8 1,898 Housing 3,612 82.7 480 11.0 187 4.3 86 2.0 4,365 Other environmental services 1,513 80.3 221 11.7 103 5.5 48 2.5 1,885 Law, order and protective services 1,005 78.4 114 8.9 50 3.9 114 8.8 1,282 Education and libraries, science and arts 4,767 81.4 632 10.8 292 5.00 166 2.8 5,857 Health and personal social services 3,937 81.4 522 10.8 237 4.9 147 3.0 4,843 Social security 5,820 82.1 660 9.3 389 5.5 219 3.1 7,087 Other public services 412 79.9 51 9.8 35 6.8 18 3.5 515 Common services 288 85.1 24 7.1 11 3.2 16 4.6 339 Total identifiable public expenditure 25,212 80.2 3,431 10.9 1,607 5.1 1,175 3.7 31,424 Population estimates (millions) 46.444 83.0 5.217 9.3 2.757 4.9 1.547 2.8 55.965
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IDENTIFIABLE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE 1975–76 England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland £m. As percentage of United Kingdom £m. As percentage of United Kingdom £m. As percentage of United Kingdom £m. As percentage of United Kingdom United Kingdom Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 1,060 73.1 202 14.0 85 5.8 103 7.1 1,450 Trade, industry and employment 1,152 61.3 385 20.5 143 7.6 198 10.6 1,879 Government lending to nationalised industries 553 73.4 63 8.3 100 13.2 38 5.1 754 Roads and transport 1,814 79.8 266 11.7 124 5.4 70 3.1 2,273 Housing 3,640 81.0 545 12.1 194 4.3 115 2.6 4,494 Other environmental services 2,073 79.7 327 12.6 128 4.9 73 2.8 2,602 Law, order and protective services 1,334 78.2 152 8.9 69 4.0 151 8.9 1,705 Education and libraries, science and arts 6,034 81.0 816 10.9 372 5.0 228 3.1 7,451 Health and personal social services 5,225 80.9 707 11.0 320 4.9 206 3.2 6,458 Social Security 7,951 82.4 892 9.2 522 5.4 289 3.0 9,655 Other public services 589 78.2 68 9.1 74 9.8 22 2.9 752 Common services 409 86.1 35 7.3 16 3.4 15 3.2 475 Total identifiable public expenditure 31,833 79.6 4,458 11.2 2,146 5.4 1,511 3.8 39,948 Population estimates (millions) 46.435 83.0 5.206 9.3 2.764 4.9 1.537 2.8 55.943
IDENTIFIABLE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE 1976–77 England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland £m. As percentage of United Kingdom £m. As percentage of United Kingdom £m. As percentage of United Kingdom £m. As percentage of United Kingdom United Kingdom Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 698 64.2 200 18.4 80 7.3 109 10.0 1,087 Trade, industry and employment 1,395 63.4 445 20.2 181 8.2 178 8.1 2,199 Government lending to nationalised industries -132 — 1 — 85 — 51 — 6 Roads and transport 1,934 79.1 288 11.8 144 5.9 78 3.2 2,444 Housing 4,016 80.4 588 11.8 213 4.3 176 3.5 4,993 Other environmental services 2,177 79.8 346 12.7 130 4.8 75 2.7 2,727 Law, order and protective services 1,546 78.5 172 8.7 80 4.1 171 8.7 1,969 Education and libraries, science and arts 6,908 81.3 914 10.8 420 4.9 259 3.0 8,501 Health and personal social services 5,971 80.9 807 10.9 363 4.9 240 3.3 7,381 Social security 9,397 82.2 1,059 9.3 624 5.5 349 3.0 11,429 Other public services 628 77.6 77 9.6 80 9.8 24 3.0 809 Common services 455 86.1 38 7.1 20 3.8 16 3.0 529 Total identifiable public expenditure 34,993 79.4 4,935 11.2 2,420 5.5 1,726 3.9 44,074 Population estimates (millions) 46.418 83.0 5.206 9.3 2.767 4.9 1.538 2.8 55.928 Identifiable public expenditure is expenditure which can be identified from official records as having been incurred in a particular country, excluding debt interest and expenditure on defence and overseas services which is incurred on behalf of the United Kingdom as a whole. The extent to which expenditure can be identified varies between countries and different years. The coverage of the figures, therefore, may vary even when similar services are being provided. The figures are at current prices.
The figures for 1975–76 supersede those given in Table 2 of Command No. 6890.
The figures for 1976–77 are provisional.
It is not meaningful to express the figures for Government lending to nationalised industries in 1976–77 as a percentage of similar United Kingdom expenditure.
The figures are rounded separately and in certain cases do not add to the totals.
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