§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table indicating, in constant money terms, the level of current expenditure by the Welsh Office over each of the past five years, based on functions which have been its responsibility throughout the period of comparison.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsI regret that this information is not available in the form requested and I refer the hon. member to the reply I gave him on 15 December 1981—[Vol. 15, c.71–2.] Furthermore, it would not be practicable to segregate from the information there given, the expenditure particulars for the past five years for only those functions which have been my responsibility throughout that period.
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§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will republish the figures in his reply to the hon. Member for Caernarvon on 15 December, Official Report, c. 71–72, in constant cost terms.
§ Mr. Michael RobertsAs my right hon. Friend told the hon. Member in his reply of 15 December, the only information available in constant prices is the planning data contained in the Government's expenditure plans, the latest of which was published as Cmnd. 8175.
However, approximate figures can be calculated by using the GDP deflator which is the most general indicator of cost increases in the economy. On this basis the figures are as follows:
£ £ Year Cash Prices GDP Deflator Constant Prices 1973–74 201,962,869 70.2 287,696,395 1974–75 284,732,218 84.0 338,966,926 1975–76 397,170,643 103.5 383,739,752 1976–77 479,114,615 117.4 408,104,442 1977–78 530,577,089 131.6 403,174,080 1978–79 667,507,821 147.4 452,854,695 1979–80 809,028,502 169.0 478,715,090 GDP Deflator 1975 = 100.
Right to buy applications, offer notices and sales up to 30 September 1981 Applications Offer notices issued Sales Aberconwy Borough Council 1,055 499 104 Afan Borough Council 1,216 514 53 Alyn and Deeside District Council 595 511 130 Arfon Borough Council 1,048 450 216 Blaenau Gwent Borough Council 1,144 524 147 Brecknock Borough Council 789 732 93 Cardiff County Council 2,462 516 151 Carmarthen District Council 13 3 0 Ceredigion District Council 690 263 60 Colwyn Borough Council 0 0 0 Cynon Valley Borough Council 674 251 67 Delyn District Council 644 593 35 Dinefwr Borough Council 368 232 3 Dwyfor District Council 200 67 0 Glyndwr District Council 851 630 101 Islwyn Borough Council 1,844 310 166 Llanelli Borough Council 2,250 1,263 367 Lliw Valley Borough Council 1,054 334 79 Meirionnydd District Council 433 283 0 Merthyr Tydrfil Borough Council 810 259 28 Monmouth District Council 482 321 96 Montgomery District Council 940 578 146 Neath Borough Council 1,311 768 265 Newport Borough Council 1,387 642 348 Ogwr Borough Council 2,072 545 17 Preseli District Council 1,025 711 206 Radnor District Council 301 244 21 Rhondda Borough Council 297 198 54 Rhuddlan Borough Council 593 485 49 Rhymney Valley District Council 1,808 606 12 South Pembs District Council 226 14 0 Swansea County Council 1,319 860 158 Taff Ely Borough Council 1,573 682 155 Torfaen Borough Council 1,566 1,079 330 Vale of Glam Borough Council 729 260 43 Wrexham Maelor Borough Council 2,169 1,651 122 Ynys Non Borough Council 939 280 92 Total 36,877 18,158 3,914