Local Authority Expenditure

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report an analysis for the years 1976–77 to 1982–83 of the diffence between local authority expenditure in Scotland as shown in table 2.15.1 of Cmnd. 8494, "The Government's Expenditure Plans

Current Expenditure
£ million cash
	1976–77	1977–78	1978–79	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83
Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry	2	2	4	3	2	2	2
Industry, energy, trade and employment	6	6	4	4	6	7	6
Housing benefit	17	33	31	37	41	64	75
Total current expenditure	25	41	39	44	49	73	83

comparison between the cash budget and the actual cash spent for (a) motorway and trunk road construction, (b) motorway and trunk road maintenance, (c) local authority road construction and (d) local authority road maintenance for each year since 1976–77, with the latest estimate for 1981–82, showing in each case the percentage under or overspend; and if he will make a statement on the reasons for any differences between the estimated outturn for 1981–82 and the budget provision.

The information requested is as follows:1982–83 to 1984–85", and local authority expenditure within programme 15, Scotland, included within table 2.15 of Cmnd. 8494.

The following tables set out the expenditure contained in table 2.15.1 of Cmnd. 8494 that is not included in Table 2.15. There is no local authority expenditure in table 2.15 that is not included in table 2.15.1.

Capital Expenditure
£ million cash
	1976–77	1977–78	1978–79	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83
Industry, energy, trade and employment	—	—	—	—	—	1	2
Transport	12	16	15	12	6	3	2
Total capital expenditure	12	16	15	12	6	4	4

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report breakdowns of table 2·15 of Cnmd. 8494, "The Government's Expenditure Plans 1982–83 to 1984–85", showing (a) an analysis by spending authority and (b) an analysis by economic category within spending authority, showing the same analysis as in table 1·12.

(a) Total Expenditure within Specretary of State's Responsibility by Sending Authority (£ million)
	1976–77	1977–78	1978–79	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83
Central Government	1,285	1,400	1,586	1,947	2,393	2,639	2,768
Local Authority	1,678	1,755	2,008	2,378	2,788	2,985	3,188
Certain Public Corporations	97	79	84	99	111	97	107
Total^*	3,060	3,234	3,679	4,423	5,292	5,722	6,062
^* Because of rounding, totals may not corresond exactly to sums of their parts.

Total expenditure within the Secretary of State's responsibility by spending authority and economic category £ million cash
	1976–77	1977–78	1978–79	1979–80	1980–81	1981·82	1982–83
Central Government
Currrent:
Goods and services	712	809	926	1,097	1,404	1,612	1,730
Subsidies and grants	420	382	420	555	645	587	569
Capital:
Goods and services	98	109	121	141	150	201	211
Grants	56	94	118	151	194	233	246
Net lending to nationalised industries and some other public corporations	—	6	1	1	2	8	12
Other net lending and capital transactions	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
Total excluding debt interest etc.	1,285	1,400	1,586	1,947	2,393	2,639	2,768
Local Authority
Current:
Goods and services	1,086	1,179	1,383	1,615	1,983	2,090	2,297
Subsidies and grants	75	87	102	143	192	200	188
Capital:
Goods and services	495	462	484	574	561	606	586
Grants	14	17	28	24	25	41	49
Net lending and other capital transactions	8	10	12	23	28	58	67
Total excluding debt interest etc.	1,678	1,755	2,008	2,378	2,788	2,985	3,188
Certain Public Corporations
Capital:
Goods and services	84	72	72	75	79	86	78
Grants	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Net lending and other capital transactions	13	6	13	25	32	11	29
Total	97	79	84	99	111	97	107
Total expenditure on programmes	3,060	3,234	3,679	4,423	5,292	5,722	6,062

Note:

Because of rounding, totals may not correspond exactly to sums of their parts.

Decisions about the allocation of expenditure in the later years have not been made in sufficient detail for these analyses to be extended beyond 1982–83. The information for the years 1976–77 to 1982–83 is as follows:

Volume 21: debated on Wednesday 7 April 1982