HC Deb 30 March 1981 vol 2 cc22-3W
Mr. Forman

asked 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. Brittan

The information is set out in the table below.

£ 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