Government Expenditure

HC Deb 10 July 1981 vol 8 cc253-4W

Mr. D. E. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total amount of Government expenditure in Wales in the last financial year.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

The estimated provisional outturn for 1980–81 for central Government voted expenditure in Wales, on the latest information available, is £1,019 million. Final figures will be published in the Appropriation Accounts.

Mr. Alec Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will provide a detailed table breaking down the figure of £75 million for 1981–82 estimated in Cmnd. 8175 to be spent in Wales on industry, energy, trade and employment; and if he will give a similar breakdown for each of the previous three years.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

I refer the right hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Salford, East (Mr. Allaun) on 13 April, 1981.—[Vol. 3, c. 17–26.]