§ Mr. Wheelerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the level of expenditure on programmes for which he is responsible in the last two years; and how this compares in real terms with the previous two years.
§ Mr. WhitelawThe information, on the price base used in "The Government's Expenditure Plans 1981–82 to 1983–84", Cmnd. 8175, is as follows:
£ million at 1980 survey prices 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 (estimated) 2,352 2,372 2,431 2,555