§ Mr. SwayneTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was public spending per head in Wales as a percentage of public spending per head in England in 1996–97. [11358]
§ Mr. Ron DaviesInformation for 1996–97 will be published in the Treasury's public expenditure statistical analysis in March 1998. Identifiable general Government expenditure per head in Wales was 16 per cent. higher than in England in 1995–96.
Some 42 per cent. of identifiable Government expenditure in Wales is social security, where a number of economic factors result in high levels of social security expenditure in relation to England.