HC Deb 17 March 1978 vol 946 cc408-9W
Mr. Lawson

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing, for each of the items of public expenditure specified in Table 5.2 of Volume II of the current public expenditure White Paper, Command Paper No. 7049 (a) planned expenditure for 1977–78 on the basis of the previous year's public expenditure White Paper, Command Paper No. 6721, (b) the estimated outturn for 1977–78 on the latest available basis, and (c) the difference between planned expenditure and estimated outturn in 1977–78 for each of the items specified, using 1977 survey prices throughout.

Mr. Joel Barnett,

pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 15th March 1978], gave the following information:

In the table reproduced below the estimated outturn for 1977–78 is that published in Cmnd. 7049. It is thus consistent with table 5.7 of the White Paper.

PUBLIC EXPENDITURE BY ECONOMIC CATEGORY 1977–78 OUTTURN COMPARED WITH PLAN
£ million at 1977 survey prices
Planned expenditure in Cmnd. 6721 Estimated outturn Difference (b)—(a)
(a) (b) (c)
Current expenditure—
Wages and salaries 17,787 17,762 —25
Other current expenditure on goods and services 9,642 9,411 —231
Subsidies 3,334 3,557 +223
Current grants to persons 14,700 14,650 —50
Current grants to private bodies 1,095 976 —119
Current grants abroad 1,140 1,034 —106
Total excluding debt interest 47,697 47,389 —308
Capital expenditure—
Gross domestic fixed capital formation 5,339 5,116 —223
Increase in value of stocks 55 83 +28
Capital grants 1,375 1,485 +110
Net lending to the private sector 99 —26 —125
Net lending to nationalised industries and some other public corporations 1,235 727 —508
Net lending to overseas governments 102 59 —43
Drawings from United Kingdom subscriptions to international lending bodies 142 142
Other net lending and investment abroad 415 —109 —524
Cash expenditure on company securities (net) —493 —556 —63
Capital transfers abroad 6 10 +4
Total 8,275 6,931 —1,344
Contingency reserve 750 —750
Total 56,722 54,320 —2,402
Debt interest 2,500 1,900 —600
Total 59,222 56,220 —3,002

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