HC Deb 23 May 1991 vol 191 cc583-4W
Mr. William Ross

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish tables showing, for the years since 1961, identifiable general Government expenditure by function in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom, expressed(a) in cash terms, (b) as a percentage of United Kingdom total identifiable general Government expenditure, (c) as an amount per capita and (d) as an amount per capita expressed as an. index, United Kingdom identifiable general Government expenditure=G100.

Mr. Mellor

The information requested for local authority current expenditure in Scotland and Wales, consistent with that given in the statistical supplement to the 1990 autumn statement (Cm 1520), is given in the tables. All local authority expenditure within Northern Ireland falls within the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.

Mr. Mellor

Data on identifiable general Government expenditure by function and territory in the years 1985–86 to 1989–90 are given in appendix E of the statistical supplement to the 1990 autumn statement (Cm. 1520). Corresponding data for earlier years are not readily available on a directly comparable basis with these figures.

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