§ Mr. Formanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out in tabular form, similar to table 1.5 of the Public Expenditure White Paper, public expenditure by the central Government clearly differentiating between current spending and capital spending on each programme for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. BrittanThe information is set out in the table below.
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£ million at 1980 survey prices 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 estimated Overseas aid and other overseas services 1,181 1,545 1,805 1,819 1,384 Transport 927 854 850 909 843 Other programmes 2,700 2,665 2,710 2,786 2,866 Total (current) 45,663 45,786 48,081 49,322 51,010 Capital expenditure Social security 2 5 6 7 8 Defence 118 103 80 80 95 Health and personal social services 645 520 539 496 527 Industry, energy, trade and employment 1,866 754 1,105 365 766 Housing 601 724 728 558 505 Education and science, arts and libraries 293 215 223 235 211 Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 178 251 266 253 306 Overseas aid and other overseas services 200 337 196 220 241 Transport 783 586 531 540 513 Government lending to nationalised industries 415 -281 812 1,857 2,050 Other programmes 240 196 185 203 192 Total (capital) 5,342 3,409 4,670 4,816 5,415 Total (capital and current) 51,005 49,196 52,750 54,138 56,425