HC Deb 29 July 1988 vol 138 cc741-5W
Mr. Wray

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will indicate the areas of expenditure to which he attaches priority in making decisions on public expenditure for the forthcoming year.

Mr. Major

The Government's main objective for the current public expenditure survey is that public spending should be held as close as possible to the existing planning totals so that its share in national income continues to

Receipts which offset programme expenditure1
£ million
1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91
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Chancellor's departments
Central Office of Information 1 1 — — — — — — —
Government Actuary — — — — — — — — —
Department of National Savings — — — — — — — — —
Her Majesty's Treasury 31 34 31 26 31 31 30 30 30
Total 31 35 31 26 31 31 30 30 30
Other departments
Cabinet Office — — — — 1 — — — —
Land Registry 79 110 100 112 139 137 148 160 165
Ordnance Survey — — — — — — — — —
Privy Council Office — — — — — — — — —
Public Record Office 1 — — 1 1 — 1 1 1
Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys — — — — — — — — —
Treasury Solicitors Office 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Property Services Agency 74 639 664 679 659 636 610 663 690
House of Commons and House of Lords — — — — — — — — —
National Audit Office 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
Total 157 754 767 794 803 111 762 828 860
1 The figures in this table are consistent with figures given in "The Government's Expenditure Plans 1988–89 to 1990–91" (Cm. 288).

Receipts which offset running costs other than those paid from other departments running costs1
£ million
1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–99
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Chancellor's departments
Central Office of Information — — 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Customs and Excise 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 9 9
Registry of Friendly Societies — — — — 1 2 3 2 2
Government Actuary — 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Inland Revenue 34 39 41 42 43 53 53 55 56
National Investment and Loans Office 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
Department of National Savings 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
HM Treasury 1 1 1 6 6 6 7 7 7
Total 44 49 56 64 65 76 77 79 81

decline steadily over the three survey years. With this objective in mind, the Government will review their priorities and take decisions on individual programmes and the planning totals. These decisions will be announced as usual in the Autumn Statement in November.

Mr. Worthington

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in theOfficial Report an analysis of receipts to the programmes (19) Chancellor's Departments and (20) Other Departments for the years 1982–83 to 1990–91, consistent with the Chief Secretary's reply of 25 May, Official Report, columns 375–76, analysing by function or nature of item (i) the receipts classified as charges with respect to programme expenditure, (ii) the receipts classified as charges with respect to running costs expenditure and (iii) the amounts of receipts in respect of programme expenditure and of running costs expenditure estimated to have been met from other public expenditure programmes.

Mr. Major

[holding answer 28 July 1988]: The readily available information on a consistent basis with that given in the earlier answer is given in the tables. Figures for receipts in respect of programme expenditure from other public expenditure programmes could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–99
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Other departments
Cabinet Office 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 5
Charity Commission — — — — — — — — —
Ordnance Survey 16 16 18 20 20 22 23 23 24
Paymaster General's Office 1 1 — 1 1 1 1 1 1
Office of Gas Supply — — — — 1 2 2 2 2
Office of Telecommunications — — 3 4 4 4 5 4 4
Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys 6 7 7 6 7 7 18 18 19
Treasury Solicitors Office 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Property Service Agency 41 46 36 26 21 23 58 59 61
Total 68 76 71 63 60 65 113 114 117
1 The figures in this table are consistent with figures given in "The Government's Expenditure Plans 1988–90 to 1990–91" (Cm. 288).

Receipts which offset running costs paid from other departments running costs1
£ million
1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91
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Chancellor's departments
Central Office of Information — — 15 15 14 15 16 17 17
Inland Revenue — 1 1 1 — — — — —
National Investment and Loans Office — — — — — — — — —
Department of National Savings — — — — — — — — —
Her Majesty's Treasury 8 8 8 12 13 13 14 14 15
Total 8 9 24 28 28 29 30 32 33
Other departments
Cabinet Office — 6 7 7 8 11 12 12 13
Charity Commission — — — — — — — — —
Ordnance Survey 5 5 10 11 13 13 15 15 15
Paymaster General's Office — — — — — — — — —
Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys — — 1 3 2 2 — — —
Property Service Agency 9 37 19 15 39 51 58 62 63
Total 14 48 37 36 62 78 85 90 91
1 The figures in this table are consistent with figures given in "The Government's Expenditure Plans 1988–89 to 1990–91" (Cm. 288).

Mr. Worthington

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table for the years 1982–83 to 1990–91, parallel to, and consistent with, the earlier answer, Official Report, columns 375–76, 25 May, showing income by departmental programme classified as receipts against running costs expenditure.

Mr. Major

[holding answer 28 July 1988]: The information requested is given in the table. The figures in

Public expenditure: Receipts which offset running costs expenditure1
Department 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91
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£ million £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million
Defence 516 610 645 670 704 818 777 810 830
Foreign and Commonwealth Office2 12 16 15 20 31 38 41 40 40
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food3 8 9 9 9 11 24 23 30 30
Trade and Industry 36 39 65 85 98 104 104 110 110
Energy 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 — —
Employment 223 291 338 413 435 469 473 470 470
Transport 11 12 13 15 18 19 21 20 20
DOE—Other environmental services 30 31 32 33 36 38 38 40 40
Home Office and legal departments4 113 133 142 153 177 176 192 200 200
Education and Science 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 — —
Arts and Libraries — — — — — — — — —
DHSS—Health and personal social services 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 — —

the table are consistent with my earlier answer and with information published in "The Government's Expenditure Plans 1988–89 to 1990–91" (Cm. 288); some of the figures differ slightly from those given to the hon. Member in response to a related question, which was asked of a number of different Departments, because no account has been taken, for the purposes of this table, of subsequent updates to these figures.

Department 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91
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£ million £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million
DHSS—Social security 616 643 733 715 663 701 800 800 900
Scotland 18 20 22 24 24 25 29 30 30
Wales 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 — —
Northern Ireland 61 65 70 81 77 76 83 80 90
Chancellor's departments 53 59 79 91 94 104 108 110 110
Other departments5 83 124 108 99 122 143 198 200 200
Total of departments 1,786 2,059 2,280 2,416 2,497 2,744 2,894 2,980 3,050
1 The figures for 1989–90 and 1990–91 for DHSS-Social Security have been rounded to the nearest £100 million; other 1989–90 and 1990–91 figures are rounded to the nearest £10 million.
2 Including Overseas Development Administration.
3 Including Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce.
4 This group comprises the Home Office, Lord Chancellor's Department, Northern Ireland Court Service, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Serious Fraud Office and the Crown Office, Procurator Fiscal Service and Lord Advocate's Department.
5 Including Property Services Agency and Civil Superannuation.