§ Mr. Kaufmanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out in a table (a) capital, (b) current and (c) total expenditure (i) by central Government and (ii) by local government for each of the past 10 financial years, together with his estimate of expenditure under these headings for the current financial year.
§ Sir Geoffrey HoweThe information requested is given in the table below.
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£ million Central Government Expenditure Local Government Expenditure Current Capital *Total Current Capital *Total 1971–72 16,891 1,648 20,845 5,629 2,070 7,822 1972–73 19,240 1,694 23,451 6,468 2,423 9,130 1973–74 22,573 1,943 26,430 7,799 3,312 11,472 1974–75 30,044 2,284 35,670 10,407 3,639 14,754 1975–76 39,669 2,687 46,232 13,382 4,098 17,899 1976–77 45,804 3,020 51,226 15,122 4,067 19,246 1977–78 51,580 3,140 56,270 16,337 3,713 20,015 1978–79 59,061 3,277 46,783 18,228 3,611 21,898
Central Government Expenditure Local Government Expenditure Current Capital *Total Current Capital *Total 1979–80 70,446 3,733 77,777 21,744 3,955 26,106 1980–81 85,902 4,432 93,606 26,289 4,174 30,748 1981–82 95,434 4,812 105,077 26,973 2,811 30,944 * Current plus capital expenditure plus net lending. Source: National Accounts (up to 1980–81)
Financial Statement and Budget Report 1981–82