HC Deb 22 October 1981 vol 10 c169W

Mr. Ian Lloyd asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table giving a detailed breakdown of the item "subsidies and grants—£38.6 billion" given in table 2 of the article "Public Money" in Issue No. 137 of the Treasury Economic Progress Report, classifying individually any item over £5 million to any single recipient, under the following headings: local authorities, nationalised industries—by industry—other partly or wholly owned public authorities or organisations, private organisations or companies in which the State has less than 50 per cent. of the issued share or debenture capital, other organisations, individuals and bodies.

Mr. Brittan:

I shall let my hon. Friend have a reply as soon as possible.