§ Mr. Stephen O'BrienTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what Government spending was on HM Customs and Excise in real terms in each of the last five years. [127409]
§ John HealeyHM Customs and Excise reported their total public spending figures in Table 1 (Total spending for HM Customs & Excise) of Appendix 3 of their Spring Department al report 2003 (Cm 5924). Actual outturn is reported for the four financial years from 1998–99 to 2001–02.
No figures are available in comparable resource accounting terms for the financial year 1997–98. The actual resource outturn figure for 2002–03 will be published in Schedule 1 of the Resource Accounts in their annual report this autumn.
Public spending figures can be adjusted to 2000–01 price levels by applying the Treasury's GDP deflator, as shown in the table.
£ million Financial year Actual public spending Real terms spending 1998–99 897 963 1999–2000 921 965 2000–01 847 868 2001–02 1,106 1,106