§ Mr. Ian Lloydasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish a table in the Official Report giving a more detailed breakdown of the item "Other £2.2 271W billion" contained in the Chief Secretary's reply to the hon. Member for Havant and Waterloo, Official Report, 28 October, column 348.
§ Mr. BrittanThe detailed breakdown of the subsidies and grants given in table 2 of the article "Public Money" in issue No. 137 of the Treasury Progress Report is as follows. It includes a further breakdown of the residual category.
£ billion Social security 27.0 Housing subsidies (including rent rebates and allowances, and option mortgages) 2.6 Grants to universities etc. 1.2 Student grants 1.0 Subsidy to British Rail 0.8 Overseas aid 0.7 Agricultural subsidies 0.6 EC contribution 0.5 Special employment measures 0.5 Redundancy fund, maternity fund benefits 0.4 Manpower Services Commission 0.4 Interest support costs (exports) 0.4 Other transport subsidies 0.3 Assistance to the coal industry 0.3 Grants to Research Councils 0.2 Assistance to shipbuilding industry 0.1 Other employment services* 0.2 Other industrial support* 0.5 Other grants for education and the arts* 0.4 Other subsidies and grants* 0.6 Total 38.6 * None of these four items contain any single provision of more than £0.1 billion.