§ Dr. FoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will estimate aggregate Government spending in Wales in each year between 1992–93 and 2001–02. [64502]
§ Mr. MichaelIdentifiable General Government Expenditure in Wales between 1992–93 and 1996–97 is as shown:
£ million 1992–93 11,438 1993–94 12,069 1994–95 12,556 1995–96 12,985 1996–97 13,496 Source:
Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses
These figures include all General Government Expenditure that can be identified as being within Wales, but excludes items from which Wales may benefit even though the money is spent elsewhere (eg defence spending).
A substantial part of identifiable General Government Expenditure consists of social security payments which form part of the new Annually Managed Expenditure total, for which forward allocations to the year 2001–02 are not available. The Welsh budget (a substantially smaller sum than identifiable General Government Expenditure) which includes the Departmental Expenditure Limit and Annually Managed Expenditure for the years 1998–99 to 2001 02 is as shown.
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£ million 1998–99 7,411.9 1999–2000 7,812.1 2000–01 8,223.4 2001–02 8,665.5 Note also that identifiable Government Expenditure (IGE) in Wales is not directly comparable with IGE in English regions—because some items can be identified in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland but not at a regional level within England.
Estimates of all Government Expenditure for Wales, including an appropriate share of UK defence spending and other such items, were made in Government Expenditure and Revenue, Wales 1993–94 and 1994–95. These estimates were:
£ million 1998–99 7,411.9 1999–2000 7,812.1 2000–01 8,223.4 2001–02 8,665.5 No estimates have been made for later years.
§ Dr. FoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will estimate Government revenues derived from sources in Wales in each year between 1992–93 and 2001–02. [64501]
§ Mr. Michael"Government Expenditure and Revenue, Wales 1993–94 and 1994–95", available in the Library of the House, gives the following estimates:
- 1993–94: £9.3 billion
- 1994–95: £9.9 billion.
No estimates are available for other years.