Public Expenditure

HC Deb 24 January 1985 vol 71 c499W

36. Mr. Allan Roberts

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by how much public expenditure has been altered in real terms since 1979.

Mr. Peter Rees

The 1985 public expenditure White Paper (Cmnd. 9428) shows in table 2.6 that the public expenditure planning total has increased in real terms from £111.8 billion in 1979–80 to an estimated outturn of £122.3 billion in 1984–85 (1983–84 prices).