§ Mr. William Powellasked 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 function 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. MajorThe term "identifiable expenditure" refers to expenditure that can be identified from official records as having been incurred in a particular country. Total identifiable expenditure accounts for just over 80 per cent. of total public departmental public expenditure.
The remainder, 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 (including nationalised industries), due to the difficulty of allocating this finance to expenditure in a particular country.
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 by function in four countries of the United Kingdom. The analysis covers 1982–83 to 1986–87, the only period for which data are available on a consistent basis.
Table 6 compares, for the latest year, 1986–87, expenditure in the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland programmes with the total identifiable expenditure in the respective countries by function. It shows that identifiable expenditure has a wider coverage than expenditure within the responsibility of the Secretaries of State in the case of Scotland and 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 unidentifiable expenditure by function for 1986–87.
In some cases expenditure which cannot be separately identified for England, Scotland or Wales can be allocated to Great Britain rather than the United Kingdom; for example, the majority of the financng of expenditure by the nationalised industries can be allocated to Great Britain. In these cases it is appropriate to compare Northern Ireland allocated expenditure with that allocated to Great Britain. Tables 7a and 7b provide this analysis over the five year period.
The extent to which expenditure can be identified may vary from year to year and between countries. The 897W coverage of particular functions can also vary between The tables use the terms and definitions of the last countries; for example, in Northern Ireland, expenditure on arts and libraries is contained in the education category.
Table 1a 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 694.7 190.6 78.1 144.1 1,107.5 62.7 17.2 7.1 13.0 Industry, energy, trade and employment 2,770.6 664.2 341.9 363.6 4,140.3 66.9 16.0 8.3 8.8 Arts and libraries 549.6 74.5 32.7 — 656.8 83.7 11.3 5.0 0.0 Roads and transport 4,371.8 536.1 323.0 110.8 5,341.7 81.8 10.0 6.0 2.1 Housing 2,709.6 686.9 125.3 161.9 3,683.7 73.6 18.6 3.4 4.4 Other environmental services 3,299.0 493.2 265.6 147.5 4,205.3 78.4 11.7 6.3 3.5 Law, order and protective services 3,319.1 410.6 171.9 381.2 4,282.8 77.5 9.6 4.0 8.9 Education and science 12,312.0 1,892.7 777.2 535.6 15,517.5 79.3 12.2 5.0 3.5 Health and personal social services 13,865.7 1,913.7 858.8 589.2 17,227.4 80.5 11.1 5.0 3.4 Social security 27,183.0 3,068.1 1,729.4 1,005.0 32,985.5 82.4 9.3 5.2 3.0 Other public services 840.2 196.4 78.5 52.9 1,168.0 71.9 16.8 6.7 4.5 Common services 353.7 30.5 22.4 2.3 408.9 86.5 7.5 5.5 0.6 Planning total 72,269.0 10,157.5 4,804.8 3,494.1 90,725.4 79.7 11.2 5.3 3.9
Table 1b 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 14.8 36.9 27.8 93.7 19.7 75.5 187.5 141.5 476.4 Industry, energy, trade and employment 59.2 128.5 121.8 236.4 73.5 80.5 174.8 165.6 321.5 Arts and libraries 11.7 14.4 11.6 0.0 11.7 100.7 123.6 99.9 0.0 Roads and transport 93.4 103.8 115.1 72.0 94.9 98.5 109.4 121.3 75.9 Housing 57.9 132.9 44.6 105.3 65.4 88.5 203.2 68.2 160.9 Other environmental services 70.5 95.5 94.6 95.9 74.7 94.4 127.8 126.7 128.4 Law, order and protective services 70.9 79.5 61.2 247.9 76.1 93.3 104.5 80.5 325.9 Education and science 263.1 366.3 276.9 348.2 275.6 95.5 132.9 100.5 126.4 Health and personal social services 296.3 370.4 305.9 383.1 306.0 96.8 121.1 100.0 125.2 Social security 580.9 593.8 616.1 653.4 585.8 99.2 101.4 105.2 111.5 Other public services 18.0 38.0 28.0 34.4 20.7 86.6 183.2 134.8 165.8 Common services 7.6 5.9 8.0 1.5 7.3 104.1 81.3 109.9 20.6 Planning total 1,544.4 1,965.8 1,711.7 2,271.8 1,611.3 95.8 122.0 106.2 141.0
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Table 2a 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 711.2 201.2 95.8 150.0 1,158.2 61.4 17.4 8.3 13.0 Industry, energy, trade and employment 3,136.1 614.8 327.1 376.0 4,454.0 70.4 13.8 7.3 8.4 Arts and libraries 593.4 75.2 34.6 703.2 84.4 10.7 4.9 0.0 Roads and transport 4,505.8 546.9 376.0 122.5 5,551.2 81.2 9.9 6.8 2.2 Housing 3,154.1 717.0 194.9 193.0 4,259.0 74.1 16.8 4.6 4.5 Other environmental services 3,469.2 525.7 274.9 167.3 4,437.1 78.2 11.8 6.2 3.8 Law, order and protective services 3,631.6 461.2 190.0 400.6 4,683.4 77.5 9.8 4.1 8.6 Education and science 12,973.0 1,973.2 820.0 565.6 16,331.8 79.4 12.1 5.0 3.5 The tables use the terms and definitions of the last public expenditure White Paper "The Government Expenditure Plans 1987–88 to 1989–90" (Cm. 56) but they incorporate later information.
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As a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Health and personal social services 14,711.2 2,036.2 916.0 634.8 18,298.2 80.4 11.1 5.0 3.5 Social security 29,407.8 3,327.7 1,884.3 1,094.3 35,714.1 82.3 9.3 5.3 3.1 Other public services 1,052.4 234.9 99.7 57.1 1,444.1 72.9 16.3 6.9 4.0 Common services -147.5 -12.6 0.4 2.0 -157.7 93.5 8.0 -0.3 -1.3 Planning total 77,198.3 10,701.4 5,213.7 3,763.2 96,876.6 79.7 11.0 5.4 3.9
Table 2b Identifiable public expenditure 1983–4 £ per head As a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure per head England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 15.2 39.1 34.1 97.2 20.6 73.9 190.1 166.0 472.9 Industry, energy, trade and employment 66.9 119.4 116.5 243.7 79.0 84.7 151.0 147.4 308.3 Arts and libraries 12.7 14.6 12.3 0.0 12.5 101.5 117.0 98.7 0.0 Roads and transport 96.2 106.2 133.9 79.4 98.5 97.6 107.8 135.9 80.6 Housing 67.3 139.2 69.4 125.1 75.6 89.1 184.2 91.8 165.5 Other environmental services 74.1 102.1 97.9 108.4 78.7 94.0 129.6 124.3 137.7 Law, order and protective services 77.5 89.6 67.7 259.6 83.1 93.3 107.7 81.4 312.4 Education and science 276.9 383.1 292.0 366.6 289.8 95.5 132.2 100.8 126.5 Health and personal social services 314.0 395.4 326.2 411.4 324.7 96.7 121.8 100.5 126.7 Social security 627.8 646.2 671.0 709.2 633.8 99.0 101.9 105.9 111.9 Other public services 22.5 45.6 35.5 37.0 25.6 87.7 178.0 138.5 144.4 Common services -3.1 -2.4 0.1 1.3 -2.8 112.5 87.4 -5.1 -46.3 Planning total 1,647.9 2,077.9 1,856.7 2,438.9 1,719.3 95.8 120.9 108.0 141.9
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Table 3a Identifiable public expenditure 1984–85 £ 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 683.3 230.5 99.6 160.8 1,174.2 58.2 19.6 8.5 13.7 Industry, energy, trade and employment 3,272.2 708.8 348.0 420.6 4,749.6 68.9 14.9 7.3 8.9 Arts and libraries 633.9 81.4 36.1 751.4 84.4 10.8 4.8 0.0 Roads and transport 4,722.2 563.6 328.7 122.3 5,736.8 82.3 9.8 5.7 2.1 Housing 3,264.5 656.3 137.1 211.0 4,268.9 76.5 15.4 3.2 4.9 Other environmental services 3,679.6 533.9 274.2 175.2 4,662.9 78.9 11.4 5.9 3.8 Law, order and protective services 4,118.2 501.4 210.4 431.0 5,261.0 78.3 9.5 4.0 8.2 Education and science 13,472.9 2,024.5 842.5 593.0 16,932.9 79.6 12.0 5.0 3.5 Health and personal social services 15,758.2 2,182.2 986.1 666.9 19,593.4 80.4 11.1 5.0 3.4 Social security 31,867.5 3,601.4 2,049.3 1,182.5 38,700.7 82.3 9.3 5.3 3.1 Other public services 1,169.2 248.3 103.0 60.9 1581.4 73.9 15.7 6.5 3.9 Common services -82.1 -6.9 6.0 2.6 -80.4 102.1 8.6 -7.5 -3.2 Planning total 82,559.6 11,325.4 5,421.0 4,026.8 103,332.8 79.9 11.0 5.2 3.9
Table 3b Identifiable public expenditure 1984–85 £ 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 14.6 44.8 35.5 103.7 20.8 70.0 215.4 170.6 498.8 Industry, energy, trade and employment 69.7 137.7 124.0 271.4 84.1 82.8 163.7 147.4 322.6 Arts and libraries 13.5 15.8 12.9 0.0 13.3 101.4 118.9 96.6 0.0 Roads and transport 100.6 109.5 117.1 78.9 101.6 99.0 107.8 115.2 77.7 Housing 69.5 127.5 48.8 136.1 75.6 91.9 168.7 64.6 180.0 Other environmental services 78.4 103.8 97.7 113.0 82.6 94.9 125.6 118.3 136.9 Law, order and protective services 87.7 97.4 75.0 278.1 93.2 94.1 104.6 80.4 298.4 Education and science 286.9 393.4 300.1 382.6 299.9 95.7 131.2 100.1 127.6 Health and personal social services 335.6 424.1 351.3 430.3 347.0 96.7 122.2 101.2 124.0 Social security 678.7 699.8 730.1 762.9 685.5 99.0 102.1 106.5 111.3 Other public services 24.9 48.3 36.7 39.3 28.0 88.9 172.3 131.0 140.3 Common services -1.7 -1.3 2.1 1.7 -1.4 122.8 94.2 -150.1 -117.8 Planning total 1,758.2 2,200.8 1,931.2 2,597.9 1,830.2 96.1 120.2 105.5 141.9
Table 4a Identifiable public expenditure 1985–86 £ 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 689.0 250.6 106.1 155.0 1,200.7 57.4 20.9 8.8 12.9 Industry, energy, trade and employment 3,366.1 778.4 380.2 448.3 4,973.0 67.7 15.7 7.6 9.0 Arts and libraries 660.6 88.5 38.6 — 787.7 83.9 11.2 4.9 0.0 Roads and transport 4,759.6 582.7 340.5 122.2 5,805.0 82.0 10.0 5.9 2.1 Housing 2,866.3 614.7 126.1 227.3 3,834.4 74.8 16.0 3.3 5.9 Other environmental services 3,659.9 544.8 285.9 186.2 4,676.8 78.3 11.6 6.1 4.0 Law, order and protective services 4,176.0 525.5 215.3 470.4 5,387.2 77.5 9.8 4.0 8.7 Education and science 13,997.0 2,071.5 854.6 614.2 17,537.3 79.8 11.8 4.9 3.5 Health and personal social services 16,616.4 2,317.6 1,048.5 699.1 20,681.6 80.3 11.2 5.1 3.4 Social security 34,927.7 3,960.3 2,252.3 1,292.9 42,433.2 82.3 9.3 5.3 3.0 Other public services 1,290.8 255.2 106.9 63.4 1,716.3 75.2 14.9 6.2 3.7 Common services -100.1 -9.0 3.2 2.3 -103.6 96.6 8.7 -3.1 -2.2 Planning total 86,909.3 11,980.8 5,758.2 4,281.3 108,929.6 79.8 11.0 5.3 3.9
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Table 4b Identifiable public expenditure 1985–86 £ 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 14.6 48.8 37.7 99.5 21.2 69.0 230.0 177.9 469.1 Industry, energy, trade and employment 71.4 151.5 135.2 287.7 87.8 81.3 172.5 153.9 327.6 Arts and libraries 14.0 17.2 13.7 0.0 13.9 100.8 123.8 98.7 0.0 Roads and transport 101.0 113.4 121.1 78.4 102.5 98.5 110.6 118.1 76.5 Housing 60.8 119.7 44.8 145.9 67.7 89.8 176.7 66.2 215.4 Other environmental services 77.7 106.1 101.7 119.5 82.6 94.0 128.4 123.1 144.7 Law, order and protective services 88.6 102.3 76.6 301.9 95.1 93.2 107.5 80.5 317.3 Education and science 297.1 403.3 303.9 394.2 309.7 95.9 130.2 98.1 127.3 Health and personal social services 352.7 451.2 372.9 448.7 365.3 96.6 123.5 102.1 122.8 Social security 741.4 770.9 801.0 829.8 749.5 98.9 102.9 106.9 110.7 Other public services 27.4 49.7 38.0 40.7 30.3 90.4 163.9 125.4 134.2 Common services -2.1 -1.8 1.1 1.5 -1.8 116.1 95.7 -62.2 -80.7 Planning total 1,844.7 2,332.3 2,047.7 2,747.9 1,923.9 95.9 121.2 106.4 142.8
Table 5a Identifiable public expenditure 1986–87 £ 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 675.3 229.3 114.9 170.5 1,190.0 56.7 19.3 9.7 14.3 Industry, energy, trade and employment 3,844.5 912.7 490.5 419.3 5,667.0 67.8 16.1 8.7 7.4 Arts and libraries 755.2 94.8 40.7 — 890.7 84.8 10.6 4.6 0.0 Roads and transport 4,720.8 601.5 349.5 121.4 5,793.2 81.5 10.4 6.0 2.1 Housing 2,558.1 643.4 158.4 237.6 3,597.5 71.1 17.9 4.4 6.6 Other environmental services 3,907.4 593.2 326.4 197.6 5,024.6 77.8 11.8 6.5 3.9 Law, order and protective services 4,662.3 572.4 234.2 520.2 5,989.1 77.8 9.6 3.9 8.7 Education and science 15,227.6 2,250.1 931.6 700.0 19,109.3 79.7 11.8 4.9 3.7 Health and personal social services 17,944.7 2,454.1 1,131.2 761.3 22,291.3 80.5 11.0 5.1 3.4 Social security 37,306.0 4,264.6 2,405.4 1,402.1 45,378.1 82.2 9.4 5.3 3.1 Other public services 1,460.4 285.9 121.0 76.2 1,943.5 75.1 14.7 6.2 3.9 Common services -81.4 -4.8 1.8 -0.1 -84.5 96.3 5.7 -2.1 0.1 Planning total 92,980.9 12,897.2 6,305.6 4,606.1 116,789.8 79.6 11.0 5.4 3.9
Table 5b Identifiable public expenditure 1986–87 £ 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 14.3 44.8 40.7 108.8 21.0 68.2 213.6 194.3 519.0 Industry, energy, trade and employment 81.4 178.2 173.9 267.6 99.8 81.5 178.5 174.2 268.0 Arts and libraries 16.0 18.5 14.4 0.0 15.7 101.8 118.0 91.9 0.0 Roads and transport 99.9 117.5 123.9 77.5 102.1 97.9 115.1 121.4 75.9 Housing 54.1 125.6 56.2 151.6 63.4 85.4 198.2 88.6 239.2 Other environmental services 82.7 115.8 115.7 126.1 88.5 93.4 130.9 130.7 142.5 Law, order and protective services 98.7 111.8 83.0 332.0 105.5 93.5 105.9 78.7 314.6 Education and science 322.2 439.4 330.2 446.7 336.7 95.7 130.5 98.1 132.7 Health and personal social services 379.7 479.2 401.0 485.8 392.7 96.7 122.0 102.1 123.7 Social security 789.5 832.8 852.7 894.8 799.4 98.8 104.2 106.7 111.9 Other public services 30.9 55.8 42.9 48.6 34.2 90.3 163.1 125.3 142.0 Common services -1.7 -0.9 0.6 -0.1 -1.5 115.7 63.0 -42.9 4.3 Planning total 1,967.7 2,518.5 2,235.2 2,939.4 2,057.5 95.6 122.4 108.6 142.9
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Table 6 Planning total analysed by territorial area 1986–87 £ million England Scotland (Total) Programme 151 Scotland other Wales (Total) Programme 161 Wales other Northern Ireland (Total) Programme 171 Northern Ireland other United Kingdom Non Identified Total Defence 18,217.5 18,217.5 Overseas services 3,056.2 3,056.2 Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 675.3 229.3 179.2 50.1 114.9 94.6 20.3 170.5 168.9 1.6 1,190.0 1,161.3 2,351.3 Industry, energy, trade and employment 3,844.5 912.7 377.6 535.1 490.5 174.0 316.5 419.3 416.8 2.5 5,667.0 1,594.5 7,261.5 Arts and libraries 755.2 94.8 81.1 13.7 40.7 33.1 7.6 890.7 41.5 932.2 Roads and transport 4,720.8 601.5 599.7 1.8 349.5 285.1 64.4 121.4 121.4 5,793.2 -28.5 5,764.7 Housing 25,58.1 643.4 643.4 158.4 158.4 237.6 237.6 3,597.5 96.4 3,693.9 Other environmental services 3,907.4 593.2 586.3 6.9 326.4 319.3 7.1 197.6 197.6 5,024.6 173.3 5,197.9 Law, order and protective services 4,662.3 572.4 557.7 14.7 234.2 0.0 234.2 520.2 501.9 18.3 5,989.1 1,031.0 7,020.1 Education and science 15,227.6 2,250.1 1,960.3 289.8 931.6 780.3 151.3 700.0 698.5 1.5 19,109.3 81.5 19,190.8 Health and personal social services 17,944.7 2,454.1 2,454.1 1,131.2 1,131.2 761.3 761.3 22,291.3 26.7 22,318.0 Social security 37,306.0 4,264.6 0.0 4,264.6 2,405.4 0.0 2,405.4 1,402.1 1,390.6 11.5 45,378.1 432.2 45,810.3 Other public services 1,460.4 285.9 110.5 175.4 121.0 37.0 84.0 76.2 45.7 30.5 1,943.5 447.9 2,391.4 Common services -81.4 -4.8 0.0 -4.8 1.8 0.0 1.8 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -84.5 1,301.7 1,217.2
England Scotland (Total) Programme 151 Scotland other Wales (Total) Programme 161 Wales other Northern Ireland (Total) Programme 171 Northern Ireland other United Kingdom Non Identified Total Public expenditure on programmes 92,980.9 12,897.2 7,549.9 5,347.3 6,305.6 3,013.0 3,292.6 4,606.1 4,540.3 65.8 116,789.8 27,633.2 144,423.0 Privatisation proceeds -4,403.0 -4,403.0 Planning total 92,980.9 12,897.2 7,549.9 5,347.3 6,305.6 3,013.0 3,292.6 4,606.1 4,540.3 65.8 116,789.8 23,230.2 140,020.0 1 Programmes 15,16 and 17 relate to the Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland programmes covered by the respective chapters of Volume II of the 1987 public expenditure White Paper (Cm. 56).
Table 7a Identifiable Public Expenditure 1982–83 to 1986–871 £ million As a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure Great Britain Northern Ireland United Kingdom identified Great Britain Northern Ireland 1982–83 90,175.0 3,595.8 93,770.8 96.2 3.8 1983–84 96,145.3 3,853.8 99,999.1 96.1 3.9 1984–85 104,110.6 4,137.1 108,247.7 96.2 3.8 1985–86 107,441.3 4,391.8 111,833.1 96.1 3.9 1986–87 115,032.2 4,701.3 119,733.5 96.1 3.9 1 Financing of nationalised industries expenditure can be allocated between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and has therefore been included in this table.
Table 7b Identifiable Public Expenditure 1982–83 to 1986–871 £ per head As a percentage of United Kingdom indentifiable expenditure per head Great Britain Northern Ireland United Kingdom identified Great Britain Northern Ireland 1982–83 1,646.5 2,338.0 1,665.3 98.9 140.4 1983–84 1,754.3 2,497.6 1,774.7 98.9 140.7 1984–85 1,896.1 2,669.1 1,917.3 98.9 139.2 1985–86 1,951.3 2,818.9 1,975.2 98.8 142.7 1986–87 2,084.1 3,000.2 2,109.4 98.8 142.2 1 Financing of nationalised industries expenditure can be allocated between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and has therefore been included in this table.