HC Deb 18 July 1995 vol 263 cc1037-40W
Mr. David Shaw

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 29 June, if he will publish such information on other EU member states, official publications on public expenditure and taxation as is readily available to him. [32492]

Mr. Heathcoat Amory

Relevant documents for each of the member states are listed below, where readily available, with the usual month of publication. A number of these documents are not available in the English language.

AUSTRIA

  1. 1. Federal Budget Law (Bundesfinanzgesetz), January.
  2. 2. Financial Report of the Federal Minister of Finance (Bundesvoranschlag), October.
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  3. 3. Multi-Year budget estimates of the Federal Minister of Finance supplemented by the Federal Investment Programme (Budgetprognose and Investitionsprogram des Bundes), June.
  4. 4. Annual Economic Report (Wirtschaftsbericht) of the Federal Government, June.
  5. 5. Quarterly Report on the excess expenditures (Zusammenstellung der überplanmäsigen Ausgaben).
  6. 6. Subsidy Report of the Federal Government (Subventionsbericht), autumn.
  7. 7. Public Debt Report (Finanzschuldenbericht), July.
  8. 8. Federal Household Act (bundeshaushaltsgesetz).

BELGIUM

  1. 1. Budget Document. Source: Ministry of Budget

DENMARK

  1. 1. Finance Bill (Finanslovforslag). August.
  2. 2. Finance Act (Finanslov), February.
  3. 3. Budget Updates ("Budgetoversigt"), published May, August, October and December.
  4. 4. Supplementary Finance Bill ("Forslag til tillaegsbevillingslov"), February.
  5. 5. The Budget. English Summary of the Finance Bill, September.
  6. 6. Finance White Paper ("Finansredegorelse"), once a year.
  7. 7. Expenditure White Paper ("Udgiftsanalyser"), once a year.
  8. 8. Budget Manual ("Buzigetvejledning"), latest issue February 1992.

FINLAND

  1. 1. Budget proposal (Hallituksen esitys eduskunnalle valtion tulo—ja menoarvioksi). September. Annexes: Economic Survey (English translation available), Report on Multi-year Projections of State Finances.
  2. 2. Government Statement on Economic Policy to Parliament (Valtioneuvoston talouspoliittinen selonteko eduskunalle), May.
  3. 3. Medium Term Prospects. The Finnish Economy and State Finances to 1990, (biannual, English translation available), May.
  4. 4. Report of the Finance Committee of Parliament on the budget proposal (Valtiovarainvaliokunnan mietinto hallituksen esitykseen johdosta valtion tulo—ja menoarvioski), December.
  5. 5. The Budget accepted by Parliament (Eduskunnan vastaus hallituksen esityksen valtion tulo—ja menoarvioksi), December.
  6. 6. The specification budget of the State (Valtion erityismenoarvio), February/ March.
  7. 7. General Instructions for the Implementation of the State Budget (Valtion tulo—ja menoarvion yleiset soveltamismaaraykset); January.
  8. 8. The Annual Accounts of the State (Valtion tilinpaatos), April/May.
  9. 9. Report on the Management and State of Government Finances (Kertomus valtiovarain hoidosta jai tilasta), Autumn.
  10. 10. The State Auditors' Report (Valtiontilintarkastajain kertomus).

FRANCE:

  1. 1. Finance Bill (Projet de Loi de Finance),September/October.
  2. 2. Economic and Fiancial Report (Rapport économique et fiancier) September/October.
  3. 3. Supplement on "Ways and Means (Fascicule "Voies et moyens"), outlining central government revenue, September/October.
  4. 4. Annexes (Annexes), detailing expenditures on existing services and new measures by Ministry, September/October.
  5. 5. Approved Budget (Budget Voté) published after approval of Finance Bill, end January.
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  6. 6. Social Security Accounts (L'Effort Social de la Nation) end October/November.
  7. 7. Amendments to the Finance Act (Lois de finances rectificatives) November/December.

GERMANY

  1. 1. Law on the Adoption of the Federal Budget (Haushaltsgesetz) supplemented by the Federal Budget Plan (Bundeshaushaltsplan), December.
  2. 2. Financial Report of the Federal Minister of Finance (Finanzbericht des Bundesministers der Finanzen), August.
  3. 3. Annual Economic Report (Jahreswirtschaftsbericht) of the Federal Government, January. (English translation available).
  4. 4. Quarterly Report on the Excess and/or extra budgetary expenditure (Zusammenstellung der über und ausserplanmasigen ausgaben in…Vierteljahr des Haushaltsjahres).

GREECE:

  1. 1. General Budget. Source: Ministry of Finance.
  2. 2. Provisional National Accounts of Greece. Source: National Statistical Service of Greece.
  3. 3. Bi-annual Report on the Greek Economy—Source: Ministry of National Economy.

IRELAND:

  1. 1. Estimates for Public Services (Abridged Version), November/December.
  2. 2. Summary Public Capital Programme, November/December.
  3. 3. White Paper on Estimates of Receipts and Expenditure January.
  4. 4. Revised Estimates for Public Services, March.
  5. 5. The Budget booklet March.
  6. 6. The Finance Accounts, June.
  7. 7. The Appropriation Accounts, by 31 October.
  8. 8. Report of the Committee of Public Accounts. No fixed publication date.

ITALY

  1. 1. The Forecasting and Planning Report (Relazione Previsionale e Progranimatica)

LUXEMBOURG:

  1. 1. The State Budget (Le Budget de l'Etat 1995) Source: Finance Ministry.

NETHERLANDS:

  1. 1. Appropriation Bills (Begrotingswetten), September.
  2. 2. Budget Memorandum (Milkoenennota), September.
  3. 3. Report on macro-economic forecast (Macro Economische Verkenningen), September.
  4. 4. Spring memorandum (Voorjaarsnota).
  5. 5. Autumn memorandum (Najaarsnota).
  6. 6. Report on the provisional results of the budget (February Memorandum (Voorlopige Rekening)\ (Februari Nota).

PORTUGAL:

  1. 1. The State Budget (Orcamento geral do estado)

SPAIN:

  1. 1. The Finance Act (Articulado de la Ley de Presupestos Generates del Estado).
  2. 2. Statement of revenue for the State, autonomous organisations, certain public entities and social security (Presupuesto de ingresos).
  3. 3. Expenditure. Budget by programme and statement of objectives (Gastos Presupuestos por Programa y Memoria de Objetivos).
  4. 4. Financial Statements and accounts of the commercial, industrial and financial autonomous organisations (Estados Financieros y Cuentas).
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  5. 5. Operating and capital budgets and financial statements for certain public entities and state corporations (Presupuestos de explotacion y capital y estados financieros).
  6. 6. Economic and financial report (Informe econinnico financiero).
  7. 7. Consolidated budget (Presupuesto Consolidado).
  8. 8. Interim report on the budget outturn for the current year (Avance de la liquidacion del presupuesto).

SWEDEN:

  1. 1. Budget Bill (Budget propositionen), January.
  2. 2. Popular version of the Budget Bill (Regeringens budgetforslag), January, English translation available ("Swedish Budget").
  3. 3. Revised Budget Bill (Kompletteringsproposition Reviderad Finansplan), April. (The revised economic policy and budget statement is published in English).
  4. 4. Annual directives to agencies on how to prepare budget requests (Aarliga direktiv).
  5. 5. National Audit Bureau's presentation of government finances (Statens finanser).

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