Government Expenditure (Hansard, 14 February 2001)

HC Deb 14 February 2001 vol 363 c183W 183W

§ Mr. Jack
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 8 February 2000,Official Report, column 681W, if items described as Government spending can simultaneously be described as Government investment. [150186]

§ Mr. Andrew Smith
The Government's main measure of public expenditure is Total Managed Expenditure (TME). TME is described in chapters 1 and 4 of Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis 2000–01 (Cm 4601).