§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide a breakdown by civil Department of gross running costs, indicating(a) current expenditure on running costs and (b) running costs as a percentage of each Department's total expenditure. [8272]
§ Mr. Waldegrave[holding answer 9 December 1996]: Running costs provision by departmental grouping for 1990–91 to 1998–99 is shown in table 3.7 of "Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 1996–97, Cm 3201. Table 2.2 details all expenditure within the control total
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The 1979 public sector The public sector The public sector excluding industries now privatised Publicly sponsored capital 1979 35.7 1979–80 35.4 21.6 21.6 1980 33.4 1980–81 32.1 19.4 19.4 1981 26.7 1981–82 27.2 15.3 15.3 1982 26.5 1982–83 29.5 17.1 17.1 1983 29.5 1983–84 31.0 18.7 18.7 1984 29.2 1984–85 28.9 19.2 19.2 for each departmental grouping. More detailed information can be found in individual departmental reports, Cm 3202–20.
"Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 1997–98" and 1997 departmental reports, due to be published in March 1997, will contain updated information.