asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report, on the same date as the publication of the Public Expenditure White Paper, the demand weights, as defined in paragraph 82 of the Handbook on Methodology, which have been assigned to each category of the table showing the domestic use of resources; and in particular whether he will publish the demand weights assigned to subsidies, current grants to persons, net lending and debt interest.

The following table gives the information requested:

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report, on the same day as the publication of the Public Expenditure White Paper, a breakdown of the table in the White Paper showing the growth and use of resources, separating public consumption and public investment (lines B.3a and B.3b in Table 1.1 of Command Paper No. 5879) into central and local government, and separating indirect public expenditure (line B.3d of Command Paper No. 5879) into subsidies, current grants to persons, net lending and debt interest.

The table below shows the information requested. The figures are consistent with the aggregates in the White Paper, although the latter have been more heavily rounded.