HC Deb 28 July 2000 vol 354 cc1024-6W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his statement of 18 July 2000,Official Report, column 219–44, on the Spending Review, if he will publish Table A4 of "Prudent for a Purpose", Cm 4807, in a form which is comparable to Table C19 of the document entitled Budget 2000, HC 346. [132247]

Mr. Andrew Smith

A table in a comparable format to Table C19 of Budget 2000, showing the new plans for Departmental Expenditure Limits broken down into resource and capital budgets, can be found in "Prudent for A Purpose: Building Opportunity and Security for All", Cm 4807, at A3. This table is set out in real terms. An explanation of how departmental plans have changed for the new planning period on the move to resource budgeting is contained in Table A8.

Departmental Expenditure Limits—Resource and Capital Budgets in real terms
£ billion, 1999–2000 prices
1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04
Defence 16.9 17.4 17.2 17.2 17.0
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
International Development 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.9
Trade and Industry 2.8 3.2 3.7 3.3 2.9
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0
Culture, Media and Sport 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1
Social Security (administration) 3.2 3.1 3.6 3.9 3.8
Scotland 12.0 12.4 12.9 13.4 13.8
Wales 6.3 6.8 7.1 7.4 7.7
Northern Ireland Executive 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.7 4.8
Northern Ireland Office 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9
Chancellor's Departments 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.7
Cabinet Office 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2
Employment Opportunities Fund1 0.5 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.2
Invest to Save Budget — 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0
Capital Modernisation Fund — 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Policy Innovation Fund — — 0.0 0.0 0.0
Reserve — 1.9 1.1 1.5 1.8
Total Resource Budget DEL 158.5 169.0 176.5 183.7 189.9
Capital Budget
Education and Employment 1.2 2.2 2.4 2.8 3.5
Health 0.9 1.7 2.5 3.0 3.0
of which: NHS 0.9 1.6 2.4 2.9 2.9
Environment, Transport and Regions 5.8 6.3 7.7 9.3 11.1
Local Government 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3
Home Office 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.8
Legal Departments 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Defence 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.7
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
International Development 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4
Trade and Industry 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.9
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Culture, Media and Sport 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Department of Social Security 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0
Scotland 1.8 2.3 2.6 2.8 2.9
Wales 0.9 0.8 l.0 1.1 1.2
Northern Ireland Executive 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0
Northern Ireland Office 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0
Chancellor's Departments 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
Cabinet Office 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2
Employment Opportunities Fund 1 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0
Invest to Save Budget — 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Capital Modernisation Fund — 0.1 0.4 0.8 1.1
Policy Innovation Fund — — 0.0 0.0 0.0
Reserve — 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.5
Total Capital Budget DEL 18.3 22.0 25.8 29.7 33.2
Total Departmental Expenditure Limits 176.8 190.9 202.4 213.4 223.1
1 Formerly Welfare to Work

Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in which year he expects to be able to judge that the trend rate of growth had increased from 2.5 per cent by 2004; how the Inland Revenue will judge total compliance costs to business; how compliance costs are defined in his document entitled "Prudent for a Purpose", Cm 4807; and if he will make a statement. [132267]

Mr. Andrew Smith

The Government's estimate of the UK's 2½ per cent. trend growth rate was set out in "Trend Growth: Prospects and implications for policy" which was published in November 1999. The Government continually monitors all relevant evidence and data on the UK's trend rate of growth.

Inland Revenue will judge total compliance costs to business as those costs incurred by all businesses or third parties in meeting the requirements laid upon them by those parts of the tax system which are administered by Inland Revenue.

Prudent for a Purpose commits the Inland Revenue to reductions in costs which act as a barrier to the establishment and growth of small businesses.