§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in a table, otherwise identical to table 3.15.2 of Cmnd. 9428-II, but expressed in (a) cost terms and (b) volume terms.
§ Mr. YoungerSince public expenditure is now planned in cash, volume figures are no longer relevant and the information needed to construct them is no longer collected comprehensively. The information requested in cost terms is set out in the following table. For information on volume terms movements in local authority current expenditure as a whole, I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply of today's date to his question by my hon. Friend the Minister for Home Affairs and the Environment.
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1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 Education 102 85 90 78 73 61 63 Arts and Libraries 10 12 12 9 5 2 3 Health and Social Work 16 14 14 14 16 17 17 Total capital expenditure 904 750 688 644 739 671 617 Total local authority expenditure in Scotland 3,573 3,515 3,559 3,582 3,819 3,745 3,553
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table, otherwise identical to table 3.15.1 of Cmnd. 9428-II, but expressed in (a) cost terms and (b) volume terms.
Scotland Analysis by Broad Economic Category in Cost Terms (1983–84 Base Year) £ million 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 Pay 2,746 2,893 2,864 2,823 2,861 2,873 2,725 Other current expenditure on goods and services 1,238 1,285 1,437 1,518 1,585 1,615 1,606 Subsidies and current grants 1,008 1,027 902 819 770 764 719 Local authority current expenditure not allocated to services 74 Total current expenditure 4,992 5,205 5,203 5,161 5,215 5,252 5,124 Gross domestic fixed capital formation 1,153 974 909 865 825 812 805 Capital grants, loans etc. 439 448 483 490 497 370 695 Market and overseas borrowing by nationalised industries and some other public corporations 29 -61 -90 1 167 386 -84 Total capital expenditure 1,621 1,360 1,303 1,356 1,489 1,569 1,415 Total programme 6,613 6,565 6,506 6,517 6,704 6,821 6,540