§ Mr. John Morrisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the current expenditure by Her Majesty's Government per capita in Wales, Scotland, England and Northern Ireland, respectively, on housing, health, education, industry, roads and agriculture for the current year and each of the next three years.
§ Mr. BrittanI regret that the information requested by the right hon. and learned Member is not available. The White Paper on public expenditure published on 10 March (Cmnd. 8175), shows total expenditure planned under the responsibilities of the Secretaries of State for Scotland, for Wales, and for Northern Ireland as programmes 15, 16, and 17. These cover both current and capital expenditure, and do not include expenditure occurring in those countries which is not within the responsibility of he appropriate Secretary of State. Such expenditure is significant in the cases of agriculture, industry and further education. However, table 4.2 of Cmnd. 8175 shows planned local authority current expenditure by prograrmne in England, Scotland and Wales for 1980–81 and 1981–82, and some more detail is in tables 2.15.1 and 2.16.1.
A full territorial analysis is only undertaken after the end of the full year in question. Figures showing expenditure per head in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland for years prior to 1980–81 have been published in Social Trends and Regional Trends. A current/capital split is not published but is available on request. Figures for 1980–81 will not be available until the autumn.