§ Mr. Dewarasked 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
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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 StewartThe 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. YoungerThe 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.
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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. Dewarasked 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.
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§ Mr. YoungerDecisions 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: