§ Mr. SalmondTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what analysis of Government expenditure and revenues has been undertaken in respect of the other regions and countries of the UK equivalent to that undertaken in respect of Scotland. [1535]
§ Mr. Waldegrave[holding answer 31 October 1996]: "Government Expenditure and Revenue—Wales 1993–94" was published by the Welsh Office in January 1996. There are no equivalent figures published for Northern Ireland. The Government Office for London will publish a consultation paper this month on a methodology for estimating the balance between public income and expenditure in London. A breakdown of expenditure for regions and counties in the UK, was published in section 7 of the "Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 1996–97", Cm 3201.