HC Deb 19 June 1995 vol 262 c106W
Mr. McMaster

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland which elements of public expenditure are excluded from his calculation of identifiable public expenditure per head in Scotland. [28553]

Mr. Lang

Chapter 7 of the statistical supplement to the "Financial Statement and Budget Report", which gives figures for identifiable public expenditure per head by country, illustrates those elements of general Government expenditure which cannot be separated between individual countries. A breakdown of the 1993–94 total is as follows:

£ billion
Defence 22.9
Overseas Services 3.5
Current transfers abroad (excluding above) 1.8
Nationalised Industries EFLs 4.4
Law, order and protective services 1.0
Other unidentifiable expenditure 11.2
Of which:
Agriculture market regulation and production support 1.1
Scientific and technological assistance 0.4
Functioning of the labour market 0.2
Arts 0.2
Higher and further education 0.3
Non-contributory pensions benefits 0.7
Unemployment, incapacity and other benefits 0.7
Contributory family benefits 0.4
Parliamentary and Privy Council 0.3
Economic and financial administration 3.3
Central Management of Civil Service 1.3
44.8

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