Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report the table shown on pages 168 and 169 of the Government's expenditure plans 1979–80 to 1982–83, with the figures set out at constant prices.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettThe figures in the table are at constant 1978 survey prices.
§ Mr. John Mooreasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each financial year from 1973–74 to 1977–78 the proportion of gross domestic product at outturn prices devoted to (a) central Government, (b) local authorities, (c) certain public corporations and (d) debt interest, using definitions consistent with table 5.3 of Command Paper No. 7439;
(2) if he will recalculate table 5.13 (Central Government Accounts and PSBR) of Command Paper 7439 on (a) the assumptions used in illustrative case A in Command Paper No. 7439 and (b) the assumptions used in illustrative case B in Command Paper No. 7439;
(3) what average annual rate of growth in expenditure on goods and services and public transfer payments is implied by the expenditure plans in Command Paper No. 7439;
(4) if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for 1978 public expenditure defined as in Command Paper No. 7049 as a percentage of (a) gross domestic product at factor cost, (b) gross 148W domestic product at market prices, and (c) gross national product, giving estimated figures if final figures are not yet available;
(5) if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each financial year since 1973–74 for each of the main programmes listed in Command Paper No. 7439 the amount of shortfall or over-run in terms of 1978 survey prices;
(6) if he will publish a table showing estimated supply and use of resources in 1976, 1977 and 1978, in the same format, as the first column of the growth and use of resources table that used to appear in public expenditure White Papers;
(7) if he will publish in the Official Report a recalculation of table 7 of Command Paper No. 7439 in terms of current prices under (a) case A illustrative assumptions, (b) case B illustrative assumptions, (c) case C illustrative assumptions, (d) an assumption of a 15 per cent. increase in average earnings and (e) an assumption of a 20 per cent. increase in average earnings;
(8) if he will publish in the Official Report a recalculation of Table 7 of Command Paper No. 7439 "The Government's Expenditure Plans 1979–80 to 1982–83" on the assumptions used for illustrative case A and illustrative case C in this publication;
(9) if he will publish in the Official Report figures showing for each EEC country, the United States of America, Canada and Japan, for the latest available year, the proportions of national income represented by (a) direct public expenditure, and (b) total public expenditure;
(10) whether he will publish a table showing public expenditure as defined in Command Paper No. 7439 as a percentage of (a) gross domestic product at factor cost, (b) gross domestic product at market prices, and (c) gross national product, from the earliest available year to 1978, giving estimated figures if final figures are not yet available;
(11) if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for 1978 public expenditure as defined in Command Paper No. 6721 as a percentage of (a) gross domestic product at factor cost, (b) gross domestic product at market prices, and (c) gross national product, 149W giving estimated figures if final figures are not yet available.
(12) if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing fohr 1978 public expenditure as defined before Command Paper No. 6721 as a percentage of (a) gross domestic product at factor cost, b) gross doestic product at market prices, and (c) gross national product, giving estimated figures if final figures are not yet available.
(13) if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for 1977 and 1978 (a) the total overseas debt of the United Kingdom, (b) the total overseas debt of the United Kingdom per family, and (c) the total overseas debt of the United Kingdom per capita.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettI shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.