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 forestry | 898 | 70·5 | 190 | 14·9 | 86 | 6·7 | 101 | 7·9 | 1,274 |
Trade, industry and employment | 904 | 64·3 | 249 | 17·7 | 106 | 7·5 | 147 | 10·5 | 1,405 |
Government lending to nationalised industries | 518 | 76·8 | 78 | 11·5 | 18 | 2·7 | 61 | 9·0 | 675 |
Roads and transport | 1,539 | 81·1 | 210 | 11·1 | 95 | 5·0 | 53 | 2·8 | 1,898 |
Housing | 3,612 | 82·7 | 480 | 11·0 | 187 | 4·3 | 86 | 2·0 | 4,365 |
Other environmental services | 1,513 | 80·3 | 221 | 11·7 | 103 | 5·5 | 48 | 2·5 | 1,885 |
Law, order and protective services | 1,005 | 78·4 | 114 | 8·9 | 50 | 3·9 | 114 | 8·8 | 1,282 |
Education and libraries, science and arts | 4,767 | 81·4 | 632 | 10·8 | 292 | 5·00 | 166 | 2·8 | 5,857 |
Health and personal social services | 3,937 | 81·4 | 522 | 10·8 | 237 | 4·9 | 147 | 3·0 | 4,843 |
Social security | 5,820 | 82·1 | 660 | 9·3 | 389 | 5·5 | 219 | 3·1 | 7,087 |
Other public services | 412 | 79·9 | 51 | 9·8 | 35 | 6·8 | 18 | 3·5 | 515 |
Common services | 288 | 85·1 | 24 | 7·1 | 11 | 3·2 | 16 | 4·6 | 339 |
Total identifiable public expenditure | 25,212 | 80·2 | 3,431 | 10·9 | 1,607 | 5·1 | 1,175 | 3·7 | 31,424 |
Population estimates (millions) | 46·444 | 83·0 | 5·217 | 9·3 | 2·757 | 4·9 | 1·547 | 2·8 | 55·965 |
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 forestry | 1,060 | 73·1 | 202 | 14·0 | 85 | 5·8 | 103 | 7·1 | 1,450 |
Trade, industry and employment | 1,152 | 61·3 | 385 | 20·5 | 143 | 7·6 | 198 | 10·6 | 1,879 |
Government lending to nationalised industries | 553 | 73·4 | 63 | 8·3 | 100 | 13·2 | 38 | 5·1 | 754 |
Roads and transport | 1,814 | 79·8 | 266 | 11·7 | 124 | 5·4 | 70 | 3·1 | 2,273 |
Housing | 3,640 | 81·0 | 545 | 12·1 | 194 | 4·3 | 115 | 2·6 | 4,494 |
Other environmental services | 2,073 | 79·7 | 327 | 12·6 | 128 | 4·9 | 73 | 2·8 | 2,602 |
Law, order and protective services | 1,334 | 78·2 | 152 | 8·9 | 69 | 4·0 | 151 | 8·9 | 1,705 |
Education and libraries, science and arts | 6,034 | 81·0 | 816 | 10·9 | 372 | 5·0 | 228 | 3·1 | 7,451 |
Health and personal social services | 5,225 | 80·9 | 707 | 11·0 | 320 | 4·9 | 206 | 3·2 | 6,458 |
Social Security | 7,951 | 82·4 | 892 | 9·2 | 522 | 5·4 | 289 | 3·0 | 9,655 |
Other public services | 589 | 78·2 | 68 | 9·1 | 74 | 9·8 | 22 | 2·9 | 752 |
Common services | 409 | 86·1 | 35 | 7·3 | 16 | 3·4 | 15 | 3·2 | 475 |
Total identifiable public expenditure | 31,833 | 79·6 | 4,458 | 11·2 | 2,146 | 5·4 | 1,511 | 3·8 | 39,948 |
Population estimates (millions) | 46·435 | 83·0 | 5·206 | 9·3 | 2·764 | 4·9 | 1·537 | 2·8 | 55·943 |
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 forestry | 698 | 64·2 | 200 | 18·4 | 80 | 7·3 | 109 | 10·0 | 1,087 |
Trade, industry and employment | 1,395 | 63·4 | 445 | 20·2 | 181 | 8·2 | 178 | 8·1 | 2,199 |
Government lending to nationalised industries | -132 | — | 1 | — | 85 | — | 51 | — | 6 |
Roads and transport | 1,934 | 79·1 | 288 | 11·8 | 144 | 5·9 | 78 | 3·2 | 2,444 |
Housing | 4,016 | 80·4 | 588 | 11·8 | 213 | 4·3 | 176 | 3·5 | 4,993 |
Other environmental services | 2,177 | 79·8 | 346 | 12·7 | 130 | 4·8 | 75 | 2·7 | 2,727 |
Law, order and protective services | 1,546 | 78·5 | 172 | 8·7 | 80 | 4·1 | 171 | 8·7 | 1,969 |
Education and libraries, science and arts | 6,908 | 81·3 | 914 | 10·8 | 420 | 4·9 | 259 | 3·0 | 8,501 |
Health and personal social services | 5,971 | 80·9 | 807 | 10·9 | 363 | 4·9 | 240 | 3·3 | 7,381 |
Social security | 9,397 | 82·2 | 1,059 | 9·3 | 624 | 5·5 | 349 | 3·0 | 11,429 |
Other public services | 628 | 77·6 | 77 | 9·6 | 80 | 9·8 | 24 | 3·0 | 809 |
Common services | 455 | 86·1 | 38 | 7·1 | 20 | 3·8 | 16 | 3·0 | 529 |
Total identifiable public expenditure | 34,993 | 79·4 | 4,935 | 11·2 | 2,420 | 5·5 | 1,726 | 3·9 | 44,074 |
Population estimates (millions) | 46·418 | 83·0 | 5·206 | 9·3 | 2·767 | 4·9 | 1·538 | 2·8 | 55·928 |
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.