§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate to he has made of the total sums projected to be spent in Wales in(a) this financial year and (b) each of the next two financial years (i) by the Welsh Assembly and (ii) through direct spending by the Government of the UK. [152092]
§ Mr. Paul MurphyIt is currently estimated that total expenditure by the National Assembly for Wales will be £8,957.9 million in this financial year, £9,689.5 million in 2001–02, and £10,396.7 million in 2002–03, in resource terms.
There are no current estimates of the total direct UK Government expenditure in Wales during these years, but historical information for aggregate identifiable government spending by country/region is published in the annual public expenditure statistical analyses, which are placed in the Library of the House.