HC Deb 22 February 1985 vol 73 cc606-15W
Mr. Malone

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing, for the latest years now available, identifiable public expenditure by programme in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the United Kingdom expressed (a) in cash terms, (b) as a percentage of United Kingdom total identifiable public expenditure, (c) as an amount per capita and (d) as an amount per capita expressed as a percentage of the United Kingdom amount per capita.

Mr. Peter Rees

Tables 1 to 5 show figures of identifiable public expenditure according to main function in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These are the only available figures comparing public expenditure on programmes in the four countries of the United Kingdom. The analysis is presented for the past five years, the only period for which data are available on a consistent basis. The term "identifiable expenditure" refers to expenditure that can be identified from official records as having been incurred in a particular country. Table 6 compares, for the latest year, 1983–84, expenditure in Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland programmes with total identifiable expenditure in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland respectively. It shows that identifiable expenditure has a wider coverage than expenditure within the responsibility of the Secretaries of State in the case of Scotland or Wales, and in the case of Northern Ireland, it has a slightly wider coverage than the Northern Ireland programme in the public expenditure survey. This table also shows all unidentifiable expenditure by programme.

Unidentifiable expenditure includes expenditure on defence, overseas aid and other overseas services which are deemed to have been incurred on behalf of the United Kingdom as a whole. It also includes Government net lending to, and the market and overseas borrowing of, the public corporations, because of the difficulties of allocating the finance to expenditure in particular countries. Total identifiable public expenditure represents about 80 per cent. of total public expenditure on programmes.

1984 Territorial analysis: Summary tables
Table S1: Identifiable public expenditure 1979–80 to 1983–84
£ million As a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
1979–80 48,451.0 6,869.8 3,186.2 2,473.5 60,980.5 79.5 11.3 5.2 4.1
1980–81 58,567.1 8,260.7 3,904.8 2,983.1 73,715.7 79.4 11.2 5.3 4.0
1981–82 65,342.8 9,301.3 4,377.5 3,310.1 82,331.7 79.4 11.3 5.3 4.0
1982–83 71,712.8 10,148.9 4,797.3 3,614.3 90,273.3 79.4 11.2 5.3 4.0
1983–84 76,363.2 10,702.2 5,209.6 3,937.1 96,212.1 79.4 11.1 5.4 4.1

Table S2: Identifiable public expenditure 1979–80 to 1983–84
£ per head As a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure per head
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
1979–80 1,037.5 1,321.1 1,137.9 1,545.9 1,085.1 95.6 121.7 104.9 142.5
1980–81 1,251.4 1,588.6 1,394.6 1,864.4 1,309.3 95.6 121.3 106.5 142.4
1981–82 1,396.2 1,788.7 1,563.4 2,068.8 1,459.8 95.6 122.5 107.1 141.7
1982–83 1,532.3 1,951.7 1,713.3 2,258.9 1,603.4 95.6 121.7 106.9 140.9
1983–84 1,631.7 2,058.1 1,860.6 2,460.7 1,705.9 95.7 120.6 109.1 144.2

Table 1a. Identifiable Public Expenditure 1979–80
£ million As a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Forestry 540.1 160.4 65.8 123.0 889.3 60.7 18.0 7.4 13.8
Industry, Energy, Trade and Employment 1,464.6 359.0 193.0 246.8 2,263.4 64.7 15.9 8.5 10.9
Arts and Libraries 376.0 45.1 23.4 444.5 84.6 10.1 5.3
Roads and Transport 2,283.4 402.8 222.6 113.2 3,022.0 75.6 13.3 7.4 3.7
Housing 4,520.5 733.9 207.1 211.9 5,673.4 79.7 12.9 3.7 3.7
Other Environmental Services 2,330.0 396.2 206.2 104.2 3,036.6 76.7 13.0 6.8 3.4
Law, Order and Protective Services 2,058.7 251.2 111.5 258.3 2,679.7 76.8 9.4 4.2 9.6
Education and Science 8,645.5 1,291.1 537.1 389.9 10,863.6 79.6 11.9 4.9 3.6
Health and Personal Social Services 8,898.7 1,232.9 543.3 382.1 11,057.0 80.5 11.2 4.9 3.5
Social Security 16,294.1 1,806.7 992.9 597.6 19,691.3 82.7 9.2 5.0 3.0
Other Public Services 600.8 148.3 60.8 27.4 837.3 71.8 17.7 7.3 3.3
Common Services 438.6 42.2 22.5 19.1 522.4 84.0 8.1 4.3 3.7
Planning total 48,451.0 6,869.8 3,186.2 2,473.5 60,980.5 79.5 11.3 5.2 4.1

The extent to which expenditure can be identified may vary from year to year and between countries. The coverage of particular programmes can also vary between countries — for example, in Northern Ireland, expenditure on Arts and Libraries is contained in the education programme.

The following tables use the terms and definitions of the Public Expenditure White Paper "The Government's Expenditure Plans 1985–86 to 1987–88" (Cmnd. 9428). The figures have therefore been classified to the definitions of public expenditure used in Cmnd. 9428 and may differ slightly from those published previously. The territorial analysis exercise was carried out before the figures in Cmnd. 9428 became available. The latter incorporate later information and show total expected outturn for 1983–84 to be £102.3 billion, that is, some £300 million higher than the planning total shown in table 6. The additional sum will be incorporated in the next territorial analysis.

Table 1b. Identifiable Public Expenditure 1979–80
£ per head As a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure per head
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Forestry 11.6 30.8 23.5 76.9 15.8 73.4 194.9 148.7 486.7
Industry, Energy, Trade and Employment 31.4 69.0 68.9 154.3 40.3 77.9 171.2 171.0 382.9
Arts and Libraries 8.1 8.7 8.4 7.9 102.5 110.1 106.3
Roads and Transport 48.9 77.5 79.5 70.8 53.8 90.9 144.1 147.8 131.6
Housing 96.8 141.1 74.0 132.4 101.0 95.8 139.7 73.3 131.1
Other Environmental Services 49.9 76.2 73.6 65.1 54.0 92.4 141.1 136.3 120.6
Law, Order and Protective Services 44.1 48.3 39.8 161.4 47.7 92.5 101.3 83.4 338.4
Education and Science 185.1 248.3 191.8 243.7 193.3 95.8 128.5 99.2 126.1
Health and Personal Social Services 190.6 237.1 194.0 238.8 196.7 96.9 120.5 98.6 121.4
Social Security 348.9 347.4 354.6 373.5 350.4 99.6 99.1 101.2 106.6
Other Public Services 12.9 28.5 21.7 17.1 14.9 86.6 191.3 145.6 114.8
Common Services 9.4 8.1 8.0 11.9 9.3 101.1 87.1 86.0 128.0
Planning total 1,037.5 1,321.1 1,137.9 1,545.9 1,085.1 95.6 121.7 104.9 142.5

Table 2a. Identifiable Public Expenditure 1980–81
£ million As a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Forestry 605.7 193.7 78.4 124.7 1,002.5 60.4 19.3 7.8 12.4
Industry, Energy, Trade and Employment 2,228.9 490.5 305.4 328.5 3,353.3 66.5 14.6 9.1 9.8
Arts and Libraries 450.8 56.9 26.8 534.5 84.3 10.6 5.0
Roads and Transport 2,765.9 454.2 262.9 120.4 3,603.4 76.8 12.6 7.3 3.3
Housing 4,462.4 781.9 209.2 238.8 5,692.3 78.4 13.7 3.7 4.2
Other Environmental Services 2,741.8 444.8 228.2 120.9 3,535.7 77.5 12.6 6.5 3.4
Law, Order and Protective Services 2,479.9 312.7 133.5 322.0 3,248.1 76.3 9.6 4.1 9.9
Education and Science 10,548.2 1,572.3 658.1 458.9 13,237.5 79.7 11.9 5.0 3.5
Health and Personal Social Services 11,361.6 1,546.1 692.7 484.3 14,084.7 80.7 11.0 4.9 3.4
Social Security 19,704.3 2,173.0 1,214.9 724.9 23,817.1 82.7 9.1 5.1 3.0
Other Public Services 739.0 185.1 71.0 34.1 1,029.2 71.8 18.0 6.9 3.3
Common Services 478.6 49.5 23.7 25.6 577.4 82.9 8.6 4.1 4.4
Planning total 58,567.1 8,260.7 3,904.8 2,983.1 73,715.7 79.4 11.2 5.3 4.0

Table 2b. Identifiable Public Expenditure 1980–81
£ per head As a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure per head
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Forestry 12.9 37.3 28.0 77.9 17.8 72.5 209.6 157.3 437.6
Industry, Energy, Trade and Employment 47.6 94.3 109.1 205.3 59.6 79.9 158.2 183.1 344.5
Arts and Libraries 9.6 10.9 9.6 9.5 101.1 114.7 101.1
Roads and Transport 59.1 87.3 93.9 75.3 64.0 92.3 136.4 146.7 117.7
Housing 95.4 150.4 74.7 149.3 101.1 94.4 148.8 73.9 147.7
Other Environmental Services 58.6 85.5 81.5 75.6 62.8 93.3 136.1 129.8 120.4
Law, Order and Protective Services 53.0 60.1 47.7 201.3 57.7 91.9 104.2 82.7 348.9
Education and Science 225.4 302.4 235.0 286.8 235.1 95.9 128.6 100.0 122.0
Health and Personal Social Services 242.8 297.3 247.4 302.7 250.2 97.0 118.8 98.9 121.0
Social Security 421.0 417.9 433.9 453.1 423.0 99.5 98.8 102.6 107.1
Other Public Services 15.8 35.6 25.4 21.3 18.3 86.3 194.5 138.8 116.4
Common Services 10.2 9.5 8.5 16.0 10.3 99.0 92.2 82.5 155.3
Planning total 1,251.4 1,588.6 1,394.6 1,864.4 1,309.3 95.6 121.3 106.5 142.4

Table 3a. Identifiable Public Expenditure 1981–82
£ million As a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Forestry 638.4 199.0 75.6 119.2 1,032.2 61.8 19.3 7.3 11.5
Industry, Energy, Trade and Employment 2,651.6 542.9 364.6 360.3 3,919.4 67.7 13.9 9.3 9.2
Arts and Libraries 492.4 69.8 29.4 591.6 83.2 11.8 5.0

£ million As a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
Roads and Transport 3,039.3 512.1 292.5 126.0 3,969.9 76.6 12.9 7.4 3.2
Housing 3,128.4 721.8 123.2 234.2 4,207.6 74.4 17.2 2.9 5.6
Other Environmental Services 2,852.8 471.6 237.7 127.2 3,689.3 77.3 12.8 6.4 3.4
Law, Order and Protective Services 2,965.5 366.0 158.0 356.1 3,845.6 77.1 9.5 4.1 9.3
Education and Science 11,496.1 1,730.6 719.1 500.1 14,445.9 79.6 12.0 5.0 3.5
Health and Personal Social Services 12,723.6 1,766.0 783.5 544.4 15,817.5 80.4 11.2 5.0 3.4
Social Security 24,002.2 2,663.7 1,492.8 878.4 29,037.1 82.7 9.2 5.1 3.0
Other Public Services 801.5 194.4 75.3 36.8 1,108.0 72.3 17.5 6.8 3.3
Common Services 551.0 63.4 25.8 27.4 667.6 82.5 9.5 3.9 4.1
Planning total 65,342.8 9,301.3 4,377.5 3,310.1 82,331.7 79.4 11.3 5.3 4.0

Table 3b. Identifiable Public Expenditure 1981–82
£ per head As a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure per head
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Forestry 13.6 38.3 27.0 74.5 18.3 74.3 209.3 147.5 407.1
Industry, Energy, Trade and Employment 56.7 104.4 130.2 225.2 69.5 81.6 150.2 187.3 324.0
Arts and Libraries 10.5 13.4 10.5 10.5 100.0 127.6 100.0
Roads and Transport 64.9 98.5 104.5 78.8 70.4 92.2 139.9 148.4 111.9
Housing 66.8 138.8 44.0 146.4 74.6 89.5 186.1 59.0 196.2
Other Environmental Services 61.0 90.7 84.9 79.5 65.4 93.3 138.7 129.8 121.6
Law, Order and Protective Services 63.4 70.4 56.4 222.6 68.2 93.0 103.2 82.7 326.4
Education and Science 245.6 332.8 256.8 312.6 256.1 95.9 129.9 100.3 122.1
Health and Personal Social Services 271.9 339.6 279.8 340.3 280.5 96.9 121.1 99.8 121.3
Social Security 512.9 512.3 533.1 549.0 514.8 99.6 99.5 103.6 106.6
Other Public Services 17.1 37.4 26.9 23.0 19.6 87.2 190.8 137.2 117.3
Common Services 11.8 12.2 9.2 17.1 11.8 100.0 103.4 78.0 144.9
Planning total 1,396.2 1,788.7 1,563.4 2,068.8 1,459.8 95.6 122.5 107.1 141.7

Table 4a. Identifiable Public Expenditure 1982–83
£ million As a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Forestry 666.2 197.4 84.6 137.4 1,085.6 61.4 18.2 7.8 12.7
Industry, Energy, Trade and Employment 2,775.2 673.7 342.9 365.2 4,157.0 66.8 16.2 8.2 8.8
Arts and Libraries 569.8 73.2 32.4 675.4 84.4 10.8 4.8
Roads and Transport 3,495.6 538.8 322.2 110.8 4,467.4 78.2 12.1 7.2 2.5
Housing 2,655.9 692.8 125.6 284.5 3,758.8 70.7 18.4 3.3 7.6
Other Environmental Services 3,288.9 499.7 269.7 140.1 4,198.4 78.3 11.9 6.4 3.3
Law, Order and Protective Services 3,314.8 407.4 178.1 375.9 4,276.2 77.5 9.5 4.2 8.8
Education and Science 12,296.9 1,871.4 774.3 535.5 15,478.1 79.4 12.1 5.0 3.5
Health and Personal Social Services 13,816.8 1,913.1 860.4 589.1 17,179.4 80.4 11.1 5.0 3.4
Social Security 27,389.6 3,016.4 1,700.5 1,005.1 33,111.6 82.7 9.1 5.1 3.0
Other Public Services 842.7 196.1 77.9 42.1 1,158.8 72.7 16.9 6.7 3.6
Common Services 600.4 68.9 28.7 28.6 726.6 82.6 9.5 3.9 3.9
Planning total 71,712.8 10,148.9 4,797.3 3,614.3 90,273.3 79.4 11.2 5.3 4.0

Table 4b. Identifiable Public Expenditure 1982–83
£ per head As a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure per head
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Forestry 14.2 38.0 30.2 85.9 19.3 73.6 196.9 156.5 445.1
Industry, Energy, Trade and Employment 59.3 129.6 122.5 228.3 73.8 80.4 175.6 166.0 309.3
Arts and Libraries 12.2 14.1 11.6 12.0 101.7 117.5 96.7
Roads and Transport 74.7 103.6 115.1 69.3 79.3 94.2 130.6 145.1 87.4

£ per head As a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure per head
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
Housing 56.8 133.2 44.9 177.8 66.8 85.0 199.4 67.2 266.2
Other Environmental Services 70.3 96.1 96.3 87.6 74.6 94.2 128.8 129.1 117.4
Law, Order and Protective Services 70.8 78.3 63.6 234.9 76.0 93.2 103.0 83.7 309.1
Education and Science 262.8 359.9 276.5 334.7 274.9 95.6 130.9 100.6 121.8
Health and Personal Social Services 295.2 367.9 307.3 368.2 305.1 96.8 120.6 100.7 120.7
Social Security 585.2 580.1 607.3 628.2 588.1 99.5 98.6 103.3 106.8
Other Public Services 18.0 37.7 27.8 26.3 20.6 87.4 183.0 135.0 127.7
Common Services 12.8 13.3 10.3 17.9 12.9 99.2 103.1 79.8 138.8
Planning total 1,532.3 1,951.7 1,713.3 2,258.9 1,603.4 95.6 121.7 106.9 140.9

Table 5a. Identifiable Public Expenditure 1983–84
£ million As a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Forestry 648.1 209.2 102.9 155.4 1,115.6 58.1 18.8 9.2 13.9
Industry, Energy, Trade and Employment 3,070.7 621.5 355.8 384.4 4,432.4 69.3 14.0 8.0 8.7
Arts and Libraries 585.3 77.6 33.8 696.7 84.0 11.1 4.9
Roads and Transport 3,641.7 566.7 376.5 121.8 4,706.7 77.4 12.0 8.0 2.6
Housing 2,947.4 690.7 177.5 305.8 4,121.4 71.5 16.8 4.3 7.4
Other Environmental Services 3,407.9 577.4 280.4 157.6 4,423.3 77.0 13.1 6.3 3.6
Law, Order and Protective Services 3,713.3 451.7 199.9 406.3 4,771.2 77.8 9.5 4.2 8.5
Education and Science 12,941.3 1,943.5 813.6 564.4 16,262.8 79.6 12.0 5.0 3.5
Health and Personal Social Services 14,755.3 2,047.4 918.5 635.1 18,356.3 80.4 11.2 5.0 3.5
Social Security 29,657.3 3,273.9 1,849.2 1,117.2 35,897.6 82.6 9.1 5.2 3.1
Other Public Services 1,064.6 236.5 100.8 52.6 1,454.5 73.2 16.3 6.9 3.6
Common Services -69.7 6.1 0.7 36.5 -26.4 264.0 -23.1 -2.7 -138.3
Planning total 76,363.2 10,702.2 5,209.6 3,937.1 96,212.1 79.4 11.1 5.4 4.1

Table 5b. Identifiable Public Expenditure 1983–84
£ per head As a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure per head
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Forestry 13.8 40.2 36.8 97.1 19.8 69.7 203.0 185.9 490.4
Industry, Energy, Trade and Employment 65.6 119.5 127.1 240.3 78.6 83.5 152.0 161.7 305.7
Arts and Libraries 12.5 14.9 12.1 12.4 100.8 120.2 97.6
Roads and Transport 77.8 109.0 134.5 76.1 83.5 93.2 130.5 161.1 91.1
Housing 63.0 132.8 63.4 191.1 73.1 86.2 181.7 86.7 261.4
Other Environmental Services 72.8 111.0 100.1 98.5 78.4 92.9 141.6 127.7 125.6
Law, Order and Protective Services 79.3 86.9 71.4 253.9 84.6 93.7 102.7 84.4 300.1
Education and Science 276.5 373.8 290.6 352.8 288.3 95.9 129.7 100.8 122.4
Health and Personal Social Services 315.3 393.7 328.0 396.9 325.5 96.9 121.0 100.8 121.9
Social Security 633.7 629.6 660.4 698.3 636.5 99.6 98.9 103.8 109.7
Other Public Services 22.7 45.5 36.0 32.9 25.8 88.0 176.4 139.5 127.5
Common Services -1.5 1.2 0.3 22.8 -0.5 300.0 -240.0 -60.0 -4,560.0
Planning total 1,631.7 2,058.1 1,860.6 2,460.7 1,705.9 95.7 120.6 109.1 144.2

Table 6:—Planning total analysed by territorial area 1983–84
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
Prog 15 Other Total Prog 16 Other Total Prog 17 Other Total Not identified* United Kingdom
Defence 15,474.7 15,474.7
Overseas aid and other overseas services 2,279.8 2,279.8
Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 648.1 161.0 48.2 209.2 81.1 21.8 102.9 83.6 71.8 155.4 1,261.6 2,377.2
Industry, energy, trade and employment 3,070.7 167.3 454.2 621.5 70.0 285.8 355.8 380.2 4.2 384.4 2,475.1 6,907.5
Arts and libraries 585.3 66.4 11.2 77.6 27.0 6.8 33.8 24.7 721.4
Roads and transport 3,641.7 538.5 28.2 566.7 314.3 62.2 376.5 121.8 121.8 678.4 5,385.1
Housing 2,947.4 690.7 690.7 177.5 177.5 305.8 305.8 4,121.4
Other environmental services 3,407.9 573.1 4.3 577.4 276.6 3.8 280.4 157.6 157.6 355.9 4,779.2
Law, order and protective services 3,713.3 439.2 12.5 451.7 199.9 199.9 392.3 14.0 406.3 758.3 5,529.5
Education and science 12,941.3 1,689.7 253.8 1,943.5 674.0 139.6 813.6 562.8 1.6 564.4 58.3 16,321.1
Health and personal social services 14,755.3 2,047.4 2,047.4 918.5 918.5 635.1 635.1 12.9 18,369.2
Social security 29,657.3 3,273.9 3,273.9 1,849.2 1,849.2 1,106.5 10.7 1,117.2 338.2 36,235.8

England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
Prog 15 Other Total Prog 16 Other Total Prog 17 Other Total Not identified* United Kingdom
Other public services 1,064.6 96.9 139.6 236.5 30.7 70.1 100.8 28.1 24.5 52.6 350.2 1,804.7
Common services -69.7 0.6 5.5 6.1 0.7 0.7 31.8 4.7 36.5 949.5 923.1
Total expenditure on programmes 76,363.2 6,470.8 4,231.4 10,702.2 2,569.7 2,639.9 5,209.6 3,805.6 131.5 3,937.1 25,017.6 121,229.7
Special sales of assets -1,157.0 -1,157.0
Planning total 76,363.2 6,470.8 4,231.4 10,702.2 2,569.7 2,639.9 5,209.6 3,805.6 131.5 3,937.1 23,860.6 120,072.7
Of which:—
Government net lending to public corporations† 559.4 559.4
Public corporations† market and overseas borrowing -113.4 -113.4
* Including government net lending to, and the market and overseas borrowing of, the nationalised industries and certain other public corporations.
† Including the nationalised industries.

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