HC Deb 19 February 1988 vol 127 cc773-4W
Mr. Gordon Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his latest estimate of outturn expenditure for his Department; and if he will express it as a proportion of expenditure originally allocated for the year.

Mr. Rifkind

The information is:

Estimated Outturn 1987–88 £ million As proportion of planned expenditure 1987–88
Total expenditure within the Secretary of State for Scotland's responsibility 8,212 1.032

Mr. Gordon Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the latest figures for outturn spending for each of the departmental responsibilities listed in table 3.16 of the public expenditure White Paper.

Mr. Rifkind

The latest figures for outturn spending on each of the programmes within my responsibility are shown on page 13 of "Public Expenditure to 1990–91: A Commentary on the Scotland Programme", a copy of which has been supplied to the hon. Member and other hon. Members representing Scottish constituencies. Copies were also placed in the Library.