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Public Expenditure

Volume 939: debated on Friday 25 November 1977

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asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish details of his estimate of the following in relation to the Scottish and Welsh Assemblies: (a) devolved public expenditure and (b) identifiable public expenditure, in similar form to Tables 1 and 2 of Command Paper No. 6890 for financial years 1971–2, 1974–5, 1976–77, for Scotland and Wales, and for England, Northern Ireland and the English regions.

I regret that the only information at present available is shown in the tables below:

IDENTIFIABLE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
1974–75

England

Scotland

Wales

Northern Ireland

£m.

As percentage of United Kingdom

£m.

As percentage of United Kingdom

£m.

As percentage of United Kingdom

£m.

As percentage of United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry89870·519014·9866·71017·91,274
Trade, industry and employment90464·324917·71067·514710·51,405
Government lending to nationalised industries51876·87811·5182·7619·0675
Roads and transport1,53981·121011·1955·0532·81,898
Housing3,61282·748011·01874·3862·04,365
Other environmental services1,51380·322111·71035·5482·51,885
Law, order and protective services1,00578·41148·9503·91148·81,282
Education and libraries, science and arts4,76781·463210·82925·001662·85,857
Health and personal social services3,93781·452210·82374·91473·04,843
Social security5,82082·16609·33895·52193·17,087
Other public services41279·9519·8356·8183·5515
Common services28885·1247·1113·2164·6339
Total identifiable public expenditure25,21280·23,43110·91,6075·11,1753·731,424
Population estimates (millions)46·44483·05·2179·32·7574·91·5472·855·965

IDENTIFIABLE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
1975–76

England

Scotland

Wales

Northern Ireland

£m.

As percentage of United Kingdom

£m.

As percentage of United Kingdom

£m.

As percentage of United Kingdom

£m.

As percentage of United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry1,06073·120214·0855·81037·11,450
Trade, industry and employment1,15261·338520·51437·619810·61,879
Government lending to nationalised industries55373·4638·310013·2385·1754
Roads and transport1,81479·826611·71245·4703·12,273
Housing3,64081·054512·11944·31152·64,494
Other environmental services2,07379·732712·61284·9732·82,602
Law, order and protective services1,33478·21528·9694·01518·91,705
Education and libraries, science and arts6,03481·081610·93725·02283·17,451
Health and personal social services5,22580·970711·03204·92063·26,458
Social Security7,95182·48929·25225·42893·09,655
Other public services58978·2689·1749·8222·9752
Common services40986·1357·3163·4153·2475
Total identifiable public expenditure31,83379·64,45811·22,1465·41,5113·839,948
Population estimates (millions)46·43583·05·2069·32·7644·91·5372·855·943

IDENTIFIABLE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
1976–77

England

Scotland

Wales

Northern Ireland

£m.

As percentage of United Kingdom

£m.

As percentage of United Kingdom

£m.

As percentage of United Kingdom

£m.

As percentage of United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry69864·220018·4807·310910·01,087
Trade, industry and employment1,39563·444520·21818·21788·12,199
Government lending to nationalised industries-132185516
Roads and transport1,93479·128811·81445·9783·22,444
Housing4,01680·458811·82134·31763·54,993
Other environmental services2,17779·834612·71304·8752·72,727
Law, order and protective services1,54678·51728·7804·11718·71,969
Education and libraries, science and arts6,90881·391410·84204·92593·08,501
Health and personal social services5,97180·980710·93634·92403·37,381
Social security9,39782·21,0599·36245·53493·011,429
Other public services62877·6779·6809·8243·0809
Common services45586·1387·1203·8163·0529
Total identifiable public expenditure34,99379·44,93511·22,4205·51,7263·944,074
Population estimates (millions)46·41883·05·2069·32·7674·91·5382·855·928

Identifiable public expenditure is expenditure which can be identified from official records as having been incurred in a particular country, excluding debt interest and expenditure on defence and overseas services which is incurred on behalf of the United Kingdom as a whole. The extent to which expenditure can be identified varies between countries and different years. The coverage of the figures, therefore, may vary even when similar services are being provided. The figures are at current prices.

The figures for 1975–76 supersede those given in Table 2 of Command No. 6890.

The figures for 1976–77 are provisional.

It is not meaningful to express the figures for Government lending to nationalised industries in 1976–77 as a percentage of similar United Kingdom expenditure.

The figures are rounded separately and in certain cases do not add to the totals.