HC Deb 15 December 1978 vol 960 cc529-30W
Mr. John Moore

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each of the public spending programmes in Table 9 of Command Paper No. 7049 the percentage of the total expenditure that is covered by cash limits.

Mr. Joel Barnett:

A list of principal exclusions from cash limits in 1978–79 has been published as Appendix Nine of the Fourteenth Report from the Expenditure Committee, Session 1977–78, Finan-

Mr. Robert Sheldon:

Yes. The amounts are as follows:

cial Accountability to Parliament (HC 661–978). On the basis of these exclusions, the percentage of the programmes in Table Nine of Command Paper No. 7049 covered by cash limits is:

programme Percentage covered by cash limits
1 94
2 58
3 46
4 48
5 76
6 99
7 55
8 100
9 95
l0 92
11 83
12 4
13 103*
14 57
15 61
All programmes 62
*The figures in Table 9 for this programme and others are net of receipts which are not subject to cash limits.