Public Expenditure (Transfer Payments)

HC Deb 16 March 1981 vol 1 c25W

Mr. Forman

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of current public spending is made up of transfer payments of all kinds.

Mr. Brittan

In 1980–81 it is estimated that transfer payments of all kinds will account for some 44 per cent. of the public expenditure planning total.