§ Mr. RadiceTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in theOfficial Report an analysis, comparable with Table 2.4 of Financial Statistics, of the public expenditure classification changes contained in table 1A.1 of the Autumn Statement 1989, Cm 879.
§ Mr. Norman LamontThe classification changes contained in table 1A.1 of the Autumn Statement include the following:
Their contributions to the aggregate classification change shown in table 1A.1 are as follows.
- 1. Statutory sick pay and statutory maternity pay are now included in the planning total;
- 2. Recipts of fines and fixed penalties are now treated as revenue and outside the planning total;
- 3. Expenditure on police, education and fire services in Northern Ireland is now treated as central Government's own expenditure. Previously this was treated as local authority expenditure;
- 4. Expenditure by the Training Agency on the technical and vocational educational initiative (TVEI) and work-related further education (WRFE) formerly treated as central Government's own expenditure, is now included in support for local authorities;
- 5. Expenditure of National Rivers Authority on land drainage financed by levies on local authorities is now included in central Government's own expenditure Equivalent expenditure was previously included in local authority expenditure as payments to water authorities;
- 6. Receipts from visa fees are now treated as revenue and outside the planning total;
- 7. Receipts of OFTEL and OFGAS are now treated as revenue and outside the planning total.
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£ million 1990–91 1991–92 Central Government's own expenditure Statutory Sick Pay/Statutory Maternity Pay 1,259 1,311 Fines and Fixed Penalties 275 291
1990–91 1991–92 Northern Ireland switch from local authority 791 831 TVEI and WRFE -243 -248 NRA land drainage 155 160 Visas 32 33 OFTEL and OFGAS 7 7 Others 3 2 Total 2,279 2,387 Public Corporations Local authority airport and bus companies -86 -70 Total -86 -70 A similar analysis covering the period from 1984–85 to 1991–92 will be included in the 1990 public expenditure White Paper.
§ Mr. RadiceTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in theOfficial Report tables showing, for the latest years now available, identifiable public expenditure by function in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom expressed (a) in cash terms, (b) as an index, United Kingdom total identifiable public expenditure =100, (c) as an amount per capita and (d) as an amount per capita expressed as an index, United Kingdom amount per capita =100.
§ Mr. Norman LamontI refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Swindon (Mr. Coombs) on 19 December 1989 at columns179–91.