§ Mr. Wyn Robertsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide a detailed breakdown by Departments of the per capita expenditure of central Government for 1977–78 which he gave to the hon. Member for Conway in a written answer on 13 November 1978.
IDENTIFIABLE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE IN 1977–78*—(CURRENT PRICES) England Scotland Wales £per head Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food … … 7 5 5 Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland … … — 15 — Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce … … 5 5 5 Forestry Commission … … — 6 4 Department of Employment … … 16 21 23 Department of Industry‡ … … 9 25 30 Department of Trade, and Department of Prices and Consumer Protection … … 2 2 2 Department of Energy … … 4 11 6 Scottish Development Department … … — 54 — Scottish Economic Planning Department … … — 20 — Department of the Environment … … 42 1 1 Department of Transport … … 9 1 10 Home Office … … 4 — 1 Scottish Office … … — 8 — Welsh Office … … — — 203 Department of Education and Science … … 20 23 18 Scottish Education Department† … … — 23 — Department of Health and Social Security:— … … Social security … … 239 250 275 Other … … 122 — — Scottish Home and Health Department … … — 155 — Property Services Agency … … 6 6 7 Customs and Excise … … 3 3 1 Inland Revenue … … 6 5 9 H.M. Treasury and other departments:— … … Allocation of net lending to nationalised industries … … 4 10 72 Other (primarily rates on government property) … … 10 5 10 Total … … 508 654 681 *Provisional figures. † Awards to students are made directly by central government in Scotland, but through local authorities in England or Wales. ‡Only a small part of the government finance to the National Enterprise Board can be allocated to countries. The figures are independently rounded to the nearest £1 and may not sum to total.