HC Deb 26 March 1981 vol 1 cc415-23W
Mr. Michael Brown

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the amount of public expenditure

Table 1
Identifiable Public Expenditure
£ million as a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
1975–76
Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 1,168 183 92 93 1,536 76 12 6 6
Industry, energy, trade and employment 1,336 402 146 198 2,081 64 19 7 10

per head of the population in each of the last six years for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, shown separately for each.

Mr. D. E. Thomas

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the percentage increase in Government expenditure between 1975 and 1980 in Wales, Scotland and England, respectively.

Mr. Brittan

The following tables show figures of identifiable public expenditure according to main function in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland The analysis is presented for the past five years, the only period for which data are available on a consistent basis. The figures are given in £ million, as a percentage of total United Kingdom identifiable expenditure, in pounds per head and the latter as a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure per head. The term "identifiable expenditure" refers to expenditure which can be identified from official records as having been incurred in a particular country. As shown in table 2, it has a wider coverage than expenditure within the responsibility of the Secretaries of State in the case of Scotland and Wales and in the case of Northern Ireland it has a slightly wider coverage than the Northern Ireland programme in the public expenditure survey. It excludes debt interest and expenditure on defence, overseas aid and other overseas services which is incurred on behalf of the United Kingdom as a whole. Total identifiable public expenditure represents about 80 per cent. of total public expenditure on programme.

The extent to which expenditure can be identified may vary from year to year and between countries, particularly for services administered on an England and Wales basis. The figures in the tables also reflect other differences in adminstrative arrangements: for example, current expenditure on sewerage by regional water authorities is treated as a trading expense in England and Wales and excluded from public expenditure; but in Scotland it is local authority rate fund expenditure and so is included in other environmental services as public expenditure.

Total Government net lending to nationalised industries is allocated to countries, industry by industry, pro rata to the industries' identifiable capital investment and the amounts attributed to each country fluctuate from year to year because of the variability both of the aggregate lending figures and of the incidence of expenditure on large capital projects in particular countries.

The following estimates were compiled during the early months of 1981. They use the terms and classifications of the public expenditure White Paper "The Government's Expenditure Plans 1981–82 and 1983–84", Cmnd. 8175, published in March 1981. The figures for earlier years may therefore differ slightly from those published previously.

£ million as a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
Transport 1,723 243 152 65 2,183 79 11 7 3
Housing 3,617 536 188 115 4,456 81 12 4 3
Other environmental services 2,150 333 158 77 2,719 79 12 6 3
Law, order and protective services 1,309 148 67 151 1,675 78 9 4 9
Education and science, arts and libraries 5,985 803 369 228 7,386 81 11 5 3
Health and personal social services 5,211 702 319 206 6,439 81 11 5 3
Social security 8,065 902 528 289 9,784 82 9 5 3
Other public services 507 99 60 19 686 74 14 9 3
Common services 343 32 14 15 405 85 8 3 4
Government lending to nationalised industries 553 62 100 38 754 73 8 13 5
Total 31,967 4,445 2,194 1,497 40,103 80 11 5 4

Figures are independently rounded and may not sum to totals

£ per head as a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure per head
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
1975–76
Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 25 35 33 61 28 92 127 122 221
Industry, energy, trade and employment 29 77 53 129 37 77 207 142 33
Transport 37 47 55 42 39 95 119 140 108
Housing 78 103 69 75 80 98 129 86 94
Other environmental services 46 64 57 50 49 95 132 118 103
Law, order and protective services 28 28 24 98 30 94 95 80 328
Education and science, arts and libraries 129 154 134 148 132 98 117 101 112
Health and personal social services 112 135 115 134 115 98 117 100 116
Social security 174 173 191 188 175 99 99 109 108
Other public services 11 19 22 12 12 89 154 177 101
Common services 7 6 5 10 7 103 86 71 139
Government lending to nationalised industries 12 12 36 25 14 88 89 267 185
Total 689 854 793 974 717 96 119 110 136

Figures are independently rounded and may not sum to totals

£ million as a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
1976–77
Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 749 176 85 102 1,112 67 16 8 9
Industry, energy, trade and employment 1,557 453 181 176 2,367 66 19 8 7
Transport 1,776 272 176 73 2,298 77 12 8 3
Housing 3,944 547 201 174 4,866 81 11 4 4
Other environmental services 2,213 345 159 79 2,796 79 12 6 3
Law, order and protective services 1,502 167 75 172 1,916 78 9 4 9
Education and science, arts and libraries 6,758 902 419 262 8,341 81 11 5 3
Health and personal social services 5,938 792 360 240 7,330 81 11 5 3
Social security 9,560 1,101 646 347 11,655 82 9 6 3
Other public services 580 105 48 22 756 77 14 6 3
Common services 390 38 19 11 457 85 8 4 2
Government lending to nationalised industries -141 0 85 52 -3 .. .. .. ..
Total 34,828 4,897 2,454 1,710 43,889 79 11 6 4

Figures are independently rounded and may not sum to totals

£ per head as a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
1976–77
Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 16 34 31 66 20 81 169 155 334
Industry, energy, trade and employment 34 87 66 114 42 79 205 154 270
Transport 38 52 64 48 41 93 127 155 116
Housing 85 105 73 113 87 98 121 83 130
Other environmental services 48 66 57 51 50 95 132 115 103
Law, order and protective services 32 32 27 112 34 94 94 79 326
Education and science, arts and libraries 146 173 151 170 149 98 116 101 114
Health and personal social services 128 152 130 156 131 98 116 99 119
Social security 206 212 233 226 208 99 101 112 108
Other public services 12 20 17 15 14 93 150 129 108
Common services 8 7 7 7 8 102 88 83 85
Government lending to nationalised industries -3 0 31 34 0 .. .. .. ..
Total 751 941 886 1,112 785 96 120 113 142

Figures are independently rounded and may not sum to totals

£ million as a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
1977–78
Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 619 160 85 132 996 62 16 9 13
Industry, energy, trade and employment 1255 362 223 199 2039 62 18 11 10
Transport 1725 299 166 87 2277 76 13 7 4
Housing 3738 571 180 171 4660 80 12 4 4
Other environmental services 2398 339 168 87 2991 80 11 6 3
Law, order and protective services 1602 176 78 180 2036 79 9 4 9
Education and science, arts and libraries 7095 966 441 298 8800 81 11 5 3
Health and personal social services 6536 885 404 270 8095 81 11 5 3
Social security 11,426 1,325 796 429 13,978 82 10 6 3
Other public services 615 121 35 23 793 78 15 4 3
Common services 434 35 24 3 497 87 7 5 1
Government lending to nationalised industries 65 51 160 29 305 21 17 53 9
Total 37,507 5,291 2,759 1,907 47,464 79 11 6 4

Figures are independently and may not sum to totals

£ per head as a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
1977–78
Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 13 31 31 86 18 75 174 172 482
Industry, energy, trade and employment 27 70 80 129 37 74 191 220 356
Transport 37 58 60 57 41 91 141 147 139
Housing 81 110 65 111 83 97 132 78 133
Other environmental services 52 65 61 57 54 97 122 113 106
Law, order and protective services 35 34 28 117 36 95 93 77 322
Education and science, arts and libraries 153 192 159 194 158 97 121 101 123
Health and personal social services 141 170 146 175 145 97 118 101 121
Social security 247 255 288 279 250 99 102 115 112
Other public services 13 23 12 15 14 94 163 88 104
Common services 9 7 9 2 9 106 76 98 24
Government lending to nationalised industries 1 10 58 19 6 26 178 1,051 340
Total 809 1,018 997 1,241 850 95 120 117 146

Figures are independently rounded and may not sum to totals

£ million as a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
1978–79
Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 598 134 53 134 919 65 15 6 15
Industry, energy, trade and employment 1,595 393 255 283 2,527 63 16 10 11
Transport 1,841 326 185 101 2,453 75 13 8 4
Housing 3,885 607 190 187 4,870 80 13 4 4
Other environmental services 2,671 403 189 96 3,358 80 12 6 3
Law, order and protective services 1,887 199 92 208 2,386 79 8 4 9
Education and science, arts and libraries 7,842 1,050 467 340 9,698 81 11 5 4
Health and personal social services 7,433 1,030 463 315 9,241 80 11 5 3
Social security 13,563 1,547 933 501 16,543 82 9 6 3
Other public services 644 99 40 25 808 80 12 5 3
Common services 337 41 23 16 417 81 10 6 4
Government lending to nationalised industries 286 20 60 1 367 78 5 16 —
Total 42,581 5,849 2,951 2,208 53,589 79 11 6 4

Figures are independently rounded and may not sum to totals

£ per head as a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
1978–79
Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 13 26 19 87 16 78 157 115 529
Industry, energy, trade and employment 34 76 92 184 45 76 168 204 406
Transport 40 63 67 66 44 90 143 152 150
Housing 84 117 69 122 87 96 135 79 139
Other environmental services 58 78 68 62 60 96 129 114 104
Law, order and protective services 41 38 33 135 43 95 90 78 316
Education and science, arts and libraries 169 203 169 221 174 97 117 97 127
Health and personal social services 160 199 167 205 166 97 120 101 124
Social security 263 299 337 326 296 89 101 114 110
Other public services 14 19 15 16 14 96 131 100 112
Common services 7 8 8 11 7 97 107 111 140
Government lending to nationalised industries 6 4 22 1 7 15 58 3 9
Total 919 1,129 1,066 1,434 960 96 118 111 149

Figures are independently rounded and may not sum to totals

£ million as a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
1979–80
Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 865 167 74 116 1,222 71 14 6 10
Industry, energy, trade and employment 1,797 380 259 308 2,744 66 14 9 11
Transport 2,196 377 219 114 2,906 76 13 8 4
Housing 4,785 751 221 215 5,972 80 13 4 4
Other environmental services 3,027 504 230 112 3,873 78 13 6 3
Law, order and protective services 2,389 248 116 253 3,006 80 8 4 8
Education and science, arts and libraries 9,017 1,209 594 390 11,210 80 11 5 4
Health and personal social services 8,892 1,237 539 383 11,051 81 11 5 4
Social security 16,091 1,871 1,014 595 19,571 82 10 5 3
Other public services 757 144 65 30 996 76 15 7 3
Common services 464 47 24 20 555 84 9 4 4
Government lending to nationalised industries 1,067 123 258 -6 1,442 74 9 18 —
Total 51,347 7,058 3,613 2,529 64,547 80 11 6 4

Figures are independently rounded and may not sum to totals

£ per head as a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
1979–80
Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 19 32 27 75 22 85 148 122 343
Industry, energy, trade and employment 39 74 93 199 49 79 150 190 406
Transport 47 73 79 74 52 91 140 152 142
Housing 103 145 80 139 107 96 136 75 130
Other environmental services 65 98 83 73 69 94 141 120 105
Law, order and protective services 52 48 42 164 54 96 89 78 304
Education and science, arts and libraries 194 234 214 252 201 97 117 107 126
Health and personal social services 192 239 194 248 198 97 121 98 125
Social security 347 362 365 385 350 99 103 104 110
Other public services 16 28 23 19 18 92 157 132 109
Common services 10 9 9 13 10 101 92 87 130
Government lending to nationalised industries 23 24 93 -4 26 89 92 361 -15
Total 1,107 1,366 1,302 1,637 1,155 96 118 113 142

Figures are independently rounded and may not sum to totals

Table 2: Planning Total Analysed by Territorial Area 1979–80
£ million outturn prices
Total Programme Total Programme Total Programme Total Not identified Total
* 15 Other † 16 Other ‡ 17 Other ** §
Defence — — — — — — — — — — 9,225 9,225
Overseas aid and other overseas services — — — — — — — — — — 2,089 2,089
Agriculture, fisheries food and forestry 865 124 43 167 47 26 74 69 47 116 14 1,236
Industry, energy trade and employment 1,797 115 265 380 65 194 259 308 — 308 665 3,409
Transport 2,196 370 7 377 193 27 219 114 — 114 670 3,576
Housing 4,785 751 — 751 221 — 221 215 — 215 — 5,972
Other environmental services 2,798 466 3 469 211 2 213 104 — 104 35 3,619
LA VAT payments 229 — 35 35 — 17 17 — 8 8 — 289
Law, order and protective services 2,389 248 — 248 — 116 116 249 4 253 55 3,061
Education and science, arts and libraries 9,017 1,042 167 1,209 465 128 594 389 1 390 36 11,246
Health and personal social services 8,892 1,232 5 1,237 539 — 539 383 — 383 — 11,051
Social security 16,091 — 1,871 1,871 — 1,014 1,014 585 10 595 119 19,690
Other public services 757 83 61 144 25 40 65 17 13 30 45 1,041
Common services 464 — 47 47 — 24 24 16 4 20 506 1,061
Government lending to nationalised industries 1,067 — 123 123 — 258 258 — -6 -6 415 1,857
NIMOB — — — — — — — — — — -322 -322
Special sales of assets — — — — — — — — — — -999 -999
Planning Total 51,347 4,431 2,627 7,058 1,766 1,847 3,613 2,448 81 2,529 12,553 77,100
* England † Scotland ‡ Wales ** Northern Ireland ¶United Kingdom