§ Mr. Alan CampbellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the amount of spending per head in the north-east for the year 1999–2000 on(a) education, (b) health and social services, (c) roads and transport, 260W (d) housing, (e) law and order, (f) trade, industry, energy and employment, (g) agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry and (h) culture, media and sport. [9646]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithThe information requested is available in chapter 8 of Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2001–02 (Cm 5101), which shows total managed expenditure on services in 1999–2000, by Government office region and function of spending, on a per head basis.
§ Mr. Alan CampbellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the north-east's percentage share of(a) UK public expenditure, (b) UK population and (c) UK gross domestic product in each of the years from 1995 to 1999. [9647]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithThe information is as follows:
- (a) The Treasury publishes analyses of UK public expenditure by Government office region in chapter 8 of Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses on an annual basis, the latest of which is PESA 2001–02 (Cm 5101).
- (b) The Office for National Statistics publishes UK population estimates by Government office region in their annual publication Regional Trends. UK population estimates by Government office regions for 1999 are published at www.statistics.gov.uk.
- (c) The Office for National Statistics published estimates of UK gross domestic product by Government office region in the First News Release dated 27 February 2001.