§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will prepare estimates of central Government revenue and expenditure attributable to Wales for the financial year 1980–81.
§ Mr. Bruce-GardyneI regret that information on central Government revenue attributable to Wales is not available.
However, in 1980–81 identifiable central Government expenditure in Wales was £3,546 million. The term "identifiable expenditure" refers to expenditure that can be identified from official records as having been incurred in a particular country. It has a wider coverage than expenditure within the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Wales but excludes debt interest and expenditure on defence, overseas aid, and other overseas services that is incurred on behalf of the United Kingdom as a whole.