HC Deb 27 June 1994 vol 245 cc405-6W
Sir Teddy Taylor

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the identifiable amount of public expenditure per head of population in Scotland; and by what amount, as a total sum for Scotland as a whole per annum, this differs from the average for England.

Mr. Portillo

Identifiable general Government expenditure per head in Scotland in 1992–93, the latest year for which information is available, was £3,968. The equivalent figure in England was £3,290. The total difference in public expenditure between the two countries, on this basis, was therefore some £3.5 billion.