HC Deb 10 November 1988 vol 140 cc256-7W
Mr. Bradley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing, by standard planning region, for 1980–81 to 1986–87, central Government expenditure by his Department, expressed in (a) cash terms, (b) per capita and (c) capital and current, identifying expenditure on the prison service separately by standard planning regions for the above years, on a capital and current basis, in cash and per capita terms.

Mr. Hurd

Home Office central Government expenditure for 1980–81 to 1986–87 is set out in the table. Expenditure is shown in cash terms and split between capital and current expenditure. An analysis by standard planning region is not available.

£ millions
1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87
Prison service
capital expenditure1 31.1 28.3 31.9 39.3 46.6 55.1 53.6
current expenditure 372.8 411.3 434.8 494.8 525.5 553.7 573.2
sub-total 403.9 439.7 486.7 534.1 572.1 608.9 626.8
Other Home Office
capital expenditure1 16.2 19.4 18.8 17.3 20.5 28.2 31.2
current expenditure 213.5 230.9 253.8 314.2 362.4 386.7 417.0
sub-total 229.7 250.3 272.6 331.5 382.9 414.9 448.2
Total 633.6 690.0 759.3 865.6 955.0 1,023.8 1,075.0
1 Capital expenditure excludes major construction projects which were funded by the PSA.