§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the latest year for which figures are available what is the total(a) capital spending and (b) revenue spending for (i) local authorities, (ii) Government Departments and (iii) other bodies included in the public expenditure totals.
§ Mr. MellorThe latest analyses of public expenditure by economic category were published in the "Supplementary Analyses" chapter (chapter 21) of the 1990 public expenditure White Paper (Cm. 1021). Tables 21.3.5 and 21.4.7 give details of the components of current expenditure (pay, other expenditure on goods and services, subsidies and grants) and capital expenditure (net expenditure on assets, grants and lending and other financial transactions) for central Government's own expenditure and expenditure by local authorities respectively. Similar analyses of the other components of the public expenditure planning total are given in tables 21.4.1 (central Government support for local authorities), 21.5.5 (nationalised industries) and 21.5.12 (other public corporations). Updates of this information will be published in the statistical supplement to the autumn statement, the successor to the "Supplementary Analyses" chapter of the public expenditure White Paper, early in 1991.