§ Mr. Peter Morrisonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the identifiable public expenditure per head of the population in each of the economic 617W planning regions of the United Kingdom in each year since 1970; and how those figures broke down into the following categories: social security, health and personal social services, education, libraries, science and arts, housing environmental services, law, order and protective services, roads and transport, trade, industry and employment, agriculture, fisheries and food, and other expenditure.
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesFigures of identifiable public expenditure are collected only for the four countries England,
IDENTIFIABLE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PER HEAD England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland £ £ £ £ 1973–74 Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry … … … 6 19 12 28 Trade, industry and employment … … … … 31 41 36 38 Government net lending to nationalised industries … 2 12 5 30 Roads and transport … … … … … 28 30 29 27 Housing … … … … … … … 42 63 32 33 Other environmental services … … … … 27 31 35 24 Law, order and protective services … … … 18 17 14 48 Education and libraries, science and arts … … … 78 95 82 78 Health and personal social services … … 63 74 64 67 Social security … … … … … … 99 102 115 109 Other public services … … … … … … 8 8 10 15 Common services … … … … … … 6 4 5 5 Total … … … … … … … 408 496 439 523 1972–73 Total … … … … … … … 335 447 386 446 The figures for 1972–73 and 1973–74 exclude Government finance for the British Steel Corporation. The figures are rounded and do not necessarily sum to the totals.