HC Deb 29 April 2003 vol 404 cc319-20W
Mr. Liddell-Grainger

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the total level of UK Government financial support for Wales was in each of the last five years. [107312]

Peter Hain

Chapter 8 of the "Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis 2002–03", published by HM Treasury in May 2002 as Cm 5401, shows total identifiable public expenditure in Wales to have been:

£ billion
1996–97 13.678
19979–98 13.838
1998–99 14.410
1999–2000 14.877
2000–01 15.622