§ Mr. SwinneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will itemise the planned Scottish Office expenditure for years 1996–97 to 1999–2000 in cash and real (1996–97) prices by category of expenditure as expressed in Table 1.4 of "Serving Scotland's Needs, The Government's Expenditure Plans 1996–97 to 1998–99", deflating the real terms figures using the estimates for the GDP deflator provided in the Financial Statement and Budget report of July 1997. [7743]
§ Mr. Dewar[holding answer 14 July 1997]: The tables are compiled from material published in "Serving Scotland's Needs: The Government's Expenditure Plans 1997–98 to 1999–2000". They cover 1996–97 outturn, and 1997–98 to 1999–2000 plans in both cash terms and real terms.
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The Scottish block, cash terms £ million 1996–97 Estimated outturn 1997–98 Planned provision 1998–99 Planned provision 1999–2000 Planned provision Central government expenditure (including public corporations other than nationalised) Industry, enterprise and training 606 591 584 582 Roads and transport 216 176 194 189 Housing 248 279 283 275 Scottish Homes loan book sale — — — — Scottish Homes debt repayment — -150 -70 -48 Other environmental services 358 325 321 324 Law, order and protective services 472 479 476 477 Education 1,319 1,220 1,247 1,266 Arts and libraries 77 80 76 74 Health 4,232 4,376 4,475 4,568 Social work services 62 61 61 61 Other public services 172 158 156 155 Total central government expenditure 7,762 7,597 7,803 7,923 Local authority capital expenditure (excluding water) of which: 591 569 554 533 HRA 191 180 180 180 Police 18 20 20 15 Fire services 13 16 16 12 Provision to match receipts from European Social Fund and European Regional 219 160 179 174 Central government support to local authorities' current expenditure 5,443 5,361 5,274 5,268 Total Scottish block 14,015 13,688 13,810 13,899 222W
The Scottish block, real terms 1996–97 prices £ million 1996–97 Estimated outturn 1997–98 Planned provision 1998–99 Planned provision 1999–00 Planned provision Central government expenditure (including public corporations other than nationalised) Industry, enterprise and training 606 575 553 538 Roads and transport 216 171 184 175 Housing 248 272 268 254 Scottish Homes loan book sale 0 0 0 0 Scottish Homes debt repayment 0 -146 -66 -44 Other environmental services 358 316 304 299 Law, order and protective services 472 466 451 441 Education 1,319 1,187 1,181 1,170 Arts and libraries 77 78 72 68 Health 4,232 4,259 4,239 4,221 Social work services 62 59 58 56 Other public services 172 154 148 143 Total central government expenditure 7,762 7,394 7,391 7,322 Local authority capital expenditure (excluding water) of which: 591 554 525 493 0 0 0 0 HRA 191 175 170 166 Police 18 19 19 14 Fire Services 13 16 15 11 Provision to match receipts from European Social Fund and European Regional 219 156 170 161 Central government support to local authorities' current expenditure 5,443 5,218 4,995 4,868 Total Scottish block 14,015 13,322 13,081 12,844