§ Lord Dean of Beswickasked Her Majesty's Government:
What financial subvention was given by taxpayers in the last financial year, to the countries in the United Kingdom in the following order: (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland, and what these figures mean in per capita terms.
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyFigures analysing government expenditure by country in the UK are published in thePublic Expenditure Statistical Analyses 1997–98, Cm 3601. The following figures taken from table 7.1 give identified general government expenditure per head in each country for 1995–96, the latest year for which figures are available.
£ per head England 3,743 Scotland 4,614 Wales 4,352 Northern Ireland 5,139