HC Deb 30 July 1982 vol 28 cc832-3W
Mr. Churchill

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the percentage of overall public expenditure allocated to each Department of Government in the current year; what were the equivalent percentages for the year 1978–79; and what percentage change this represents in the respective departmental budgets.

Mr. Brittan

[pursuant to his reply, 23 July 1982, c. 322]: The information is set out in the following table and is based on the figures in "The Government's Expenditure Plans 1982–83 to 1984–85" (Cmnd. 8494), amended to take account of the expenditure decisions in the 1982 Budget—for example the effect of the reduction in the national insurance surcharge.

Public Expenditure: Departmental Allocation
percentage of the planning total Percentage increase in Expenditure between 1978–79 and 1982–83
Departments (excluding nationalised industries external finance) 1978–79 outturn 1982–83 plan
Ministry of Defence 10.8 11.5 + 87.2
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (including Overseas Development Administration) 1.6 1.3 + 44.9
European Community (net payments) 1.1 0.6 - 13.1
Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce 0.5 0.6 + 100.6
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 0.7 0.7 + 71.4
Forestry Commission 0.1 01 + 102.0
Department of Industry 1.6 1.3 + 39.5
Department of Energy 0.3 0.3 + 87.2
Department of Trade 0.2 0.2 + 65.8
Export Credits Guarantee Department 0.5 0.5 + 57.7
Department of Employment 1.7 2.4 + 155.6
Department of Transport 2.8 2.8 + 70.2
Department of the Environment
—Housing 5.7 3.1 - 4.2
—Property Services Agency 1.2 1.2 + 75.2
—Other Environmental Services 3.4 3.0 + 55.1
Home Office 2.8 3.2 + 96.4
Department of Education and Science 11.8 10.6 + 57.5
Office of Arts and Libraries 0.5 0.4 + 60.4
Department of Health and Social Security
—Health 9.4 10.0 + 85.0
—Personal Social Services 1.8 1.9 + 77.9
—Social Security 25.0 27.8 + 94.2
Scottish Departments 5.5 5.2 + 64.8
Welsh Office 2.3 2.1 + 63.5
Northern Ireland Office and Departments 3.3 3.1 + 66.0
Other Departments 2.4 2.6 + 90.6
Nationalised Industries' total external finance 3.0 2.3 + 31.7
Total programmes 100.0 98.8 + 72.6
Contingency reserve — 1.8
Special sale of assets — - 0.6
Planning Total 100.0 100.0 + 74.6