HC Deb 21 March 1997 vol 292 c933W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of his annual departmental budget was spent in Wales in each of the last five years; and how much that proportion was in(a) 1997 prices and (b) cash terms for each year. [20705]

Mr. Howard

The available information is contained in the table. Other Home Office expenditure benefiting Wales, for example, crime prevention publicity campaigns and research, cannot be broken down beyond the global spend for England and Wales. In addition, for 1992–93, total Home Office expenditure cannot be broken down at all between England and Wales.

Year Home Office expenditure in Wales (£000's) Percentage of total Home office expenditure Home Office expenditure in Wales (at 1997 prices)
1992–93 n/a n/a n/a
1993–94 203,929 3.4 218,114
1994–95 214,039 3.4 224,946
1995–96 230,813 3.6 236,583
1996–971 243,215 3.7 243,215
1 Estimated.