Gross Domestic Product

HC Deb 17 December 2003 vol 415 cc911-2W

Mr. Laws

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the Government's estimates were for aggregate revenues in each year from 1996–97 to 2001–02 expressed as(a) totals and (b) percentages of gross domestic product, attributable to (i)Scotland,(ii) Wales, (iii) Northern Ireland, (iv) England and (v) the Government Office Regions of England. [144380]

Mr. Boateng

Government estimates for aggregate revenues by country and region of the UK are not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, the Scottish Executive publishes its own estimates in Government Expenditure and Revenue in Scotland.

Mr. Laws

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the Government's estimates were for net fiscal balance in each year from 1996–97 to 2001–02 expressed as(a) amounts and (b) percentages of gross domestic product, in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales, (iii) Northern Ireland and (iv) each of the Government Office Regions of England. [144381]

Mr. Boateng

Government estimates of the net fiscal balance of regions and countries of the UK are not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, the Scottish Executive publishes its own estimates in Government Expenditure and Revenue in Scotland.