HC Deb 13 November 1987 vol 122 cc353-4W
Mr. Pawsey

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what percentage of Government spending is accounted for by his Department; and how that compares with 1979.

Mr. Moore

I have been asked to reply.

The proportion of Government expenditure, excluding debt interest, accounted for by my Department in 1978–79 was 36.3 per cent.; the latest comparable estimate for 1987–88 is 44.6 per cent.