HC Deb 13 May 1991 vol 191 cc18-9W
Mr. Dewar

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish tables, otherwise identical to table 2.5 of Cm. 1520, showing separately (i) the central Government component of general government expenditure by function, (ii) the local authority component of general government expenditure by function and (iii) the public corporation component of general government expenditure by function.

Mr. Mellor

I am arranging for analyses of the central Government and local authority contributions to the data on general government expenditure by function presented in table 2.5 of the "Statistical Supplement to the 1990 Autumn Statement"—Cm. 1520—to be placed in the Library of the House. Public corporations' expenditure is not part of general government expenditure although grants, subsidies and net lending from central and local government to public corporations are included. These payments are included in the central Government and local authority analyses I have referred to.

Mr. Dewar

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table, otherwise identical to table 2.6 of Cm. 1520, which shows separately the contributions of central Government, local authorities and public corporations.

Mr. Mellor

I am arranging for analyses of the central Government and local authority contributions to the data on general government expenditure by economic category presented in table 2.6 of the "Statistical Supplement to the 1990 Autumn Statement"—Cm. 1520—to be placed in the Library of the House. Public corporations' expenditure is not included in general government expenditure although grants, subsidies and net lending from central and local government to public corporations are included. These payments are included in the central Government and local authority analyses I have referred to above.

Mr. Dewar

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table covering the period 1963–64 to 1993–94, consistent with table 2.1 of Cm 1520, but expressed to the nearest £ million, showing separately for each of the general Government expenditure columns the respective contributions of (i) central Government, (ii) local authorities and (iii) public corporations.

Mr. Mellor

Data are not readily available in the form requested. I am arranging for tables giving the information requested for the central Government and local authorities components of general government expenditure for the years 1963–64 to 1989–90 consistent with the latest estimates of general government expenditure published in the April 1991 edition of "Financial Statistics" No. 348 to be placed in the Library of the House. Corresponding data for later years are not available.

Public corporations' expenditure is not part of general government expenditure although grants, subsidies and net lending from central and local government to public corporations are included. These payments are included in the central Government and local authority analyses I have referred to.