HC Deb 21 March 1985 vol 75 cc609-10W
Mr. Gordon Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing for local authority current expenditure for each of the years 1978–79 to 1987–88 expenditure both as an amount and as a percentage change over 1978–79 expressed in (a) cash, (b) volume and (c) cost terms.

Mr. Younger

I shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.

Mr. Gordon Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing for local authority capital expenditure for each of the years 1978–79 to 1987–88 expenditure, both as an amount and as a percentage change over 1978–79 expressed in (a) cash, (b) volume and (c) cost terms.

Mr. Ancram

The information available is set out in the table. The information needed to construct volume figures is no longer available because Government planning is in cash terms.

£ million
Cash Per cent. change over 1978–79 Cost Per cent. change over 1978–79
1978–79 533 — 905 —
1979–80 622 +17 904 0

Local authority expenditure in Scotland in cost terms (1983–84 base year)
£ million
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
Current Expenditure
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 4 5 3 3 3 6 5
Industry, Energy, Trade and Employment 12 13 14 15 15 16 14
Tourism 4 4 4 4 4 3 2
Transport 231 243 245 246 245 236 221
Housing 107 102 120 131 125 106 89
Other Environmental Services 327 340 340 340 340 357 333
Law, Order and Protective Services 268 272 291 301 311 313 312
Education 1,338 1,387 1,421 1,424 1,445 1,426 1,290
Arts and Libraries 36 37 45 45 47 48 43
Health and Social Work 261 267 280 286 291 292 291
Nationalised Industries 28 44 35 36 30 37 35
Housing Benefit 55 51 72 107 224 234 227
Unallocated — — — — — — 74
Total current expenditure 2,669 2,765 2,871 2,937 3,080 3,075 2,937
Capital Expenditure
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 2 3 2 3 2 2 1
Industry, Energy, Trade and Employment 0 0 1 1 3 3 1
Tourism 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Transport 166 127 141 137 138 148 149
Housing 384 320 264 246 343 282 238
Other Environmental Services 207 172 150 145 145 136 127
Law, Order and Protective Services 15 16 13 11 15 19 18

Cash Per cent. Change over 1978–79 Cost Per cent. Change over 1978–79
1980–81 612 +15 750 -17
1981–82 618 +16 688 -24
1982–83 617 +16 644 -29
1983–84 739 +39 739 -18
1984–85 702 +32 671 -26
1985–86 675 +27 617 -32
1986–87 720 +35 630 -30
1987–88 770 +45 650 -28

Notes:

  1. 1. The figures are taken from the commentary on the Scotland programme to the public expenditure White paper (Cmnd. 9428). Those for 1978–79 to 1983–84 are actual expenditure, those for 1984–85 are estimated outturn and those for 1985–86 to 1987–88 are the Government's planned public expenditure provision. Figures for 1986–87 and 1987–88 are rounded to the nearest £10 million and are subject to review in the next public expenditure survey.
  2. 2. The figures in cost terms are adjusted to 1983–84 prices, using the GDP deflator.