§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide a table showing the percentage underspending or overspending on the totality of planned public expenditure (a) excluding and (b) including debt interest, for each of the years 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77 and 1977–78, the totality of planned public expenditure being defined as the plans set out in the White Paper published towards the end of the immediately preceding financial year, excluding the contingency reserve, plus any changes subsequently announced in Government policy statements to Parliament, and the under-spending or overspending being defined as the difference between this total and the estimated actual outturn for the year.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettI will let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.