HC Deb 07 April 1982 vol 21 cc389-92W
Mr. Dewar

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report an analysis for the years 1976–77 to 1982–83 of the diffence between local authority expenditure in Scotland as shown in table 2.15.1 of Cmnd. 8494, "The Government's Expenditure Plans

Current Expenditure
£ million cash
1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83
Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 2 2 4 3 2 2 2
Industry, energy, trade and employment 6 6 4 4 6 7 6
Housing benefit 17 33 31 37 41 64 75
Total current expenditure 25 41 39 44 49 73 83

comparison between the cash budget and the actual cash spent for (a) motorway and trunk road construction, (b) motorway and trunk road maintenance, (c) local authority road construction and (d) local authority road maintenance for each year since 1976–77, with the latest estimate for 1981–82, showing in each case the percentage under or overspend; and if he will make a statement on the reasons for any differences between the estimated outturn for 1981–82 and the budget provision.

Mr. Allan Stewart

The information requested is as follows:

1982–83 to 1984–85", and local authority expenditure within programme 15, Scotland, included within table 2.15 of Cmnd. 8494.

Mr. Younger

The following tables set out the expenditure contained in table 2.15.1 of Cmnd. 8494 that is not included in Table 2.15. There is no local authority expenditure in table 2.15 that is not included in table 2.15.1.

Capital Expenditure
£ million cash
1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83
Industry, energy, trade and employment 1 2
Transport 12 16 15 12 6 3 2
Total capital expenditure 12 16 15 12 6 4 4

Mr. Dewar

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report breakdowns of table 2.15 of Cnmd. 8494, "The Government's Expenditure Plans 1982–83 to 1984–85", showing (a) an analysis by spending authority and (b) an analysis by economic category within spending authority, showing the same analysis as in table 1.12.

(a) Total Expenditure within Specretary of State's Responsibility by Sending Authority (£ million)
1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83
Central Government 1,285 1,400 1,586 1,947 2,393 2,639 2,768
Local Authority 1,678 1,755 2,008 2,378 2,788 2,985 3,188
Certain Public Corporations 97 79 84 99 111 97 107
Total* 3,060 3,234 3,679 4,423 5,292 5,722 6,062
* Because of rounding, totals may not corresond exactly to sums of their parts.

Total expenditure within the Secretary of State's responsibility by spending authority and economic category £ million cash
1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981.82 1982–83
Central Government
Currrent:
Goods and services 712 809 926 1,097 1,404 1,612 1,730
Subsidies and grants 420 382 420 555 645 587 569
Capital:
Goods and services 98 109 121 141 150 201 211
Grants 56 94 118 151 194 233 246
Net lending to nationalised industries and some other public corporations 6 1 1 2 8 12
Other net lending and capital transactions 1
Total excluding debt interest etc. 1,285 1,400 1,586 1,947 2,393 2,639 2,768
Local Authority
Current:
Goods and services 1,086 1,179 1,383 1,615 1,983 2,090 2,297
Subsidies and grants 75 87 102 143 192 200 188
Capital:
Goods and services 495 462 484 574 561 606 586
Grants 14 17 28 24 25 41 49
Net lending and other capital transactions 8 10 12 23 28 58 67
Total excluding debt interest etc. 1,678 1,755 2,008 2,378 2,788 2,985 3,188
Certain Public Corporations
Capital:
Goods and services 84 72 72 75 79 86 78
Grants
Net lending and other capital transactions 13 6 13 25 32 11 29
Total 97 79 84 99 111 97 107
Total expenditure on programmes 3,060 3,234 3,679 4,423 5,292 5,722 6,062

Note:

Because of rounding, totals may not correspond exactly to sums of their parts.

Mr. Younger

Decisions about the allocation of expenditure in the later years have not been made in sufficient detail for these analyses to be extended beyond 1982–83. The information for the years 1976–77 to 1982–83 is as follows:

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