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Departmental Expenditure

Volume 28: debated on Friday 30 July 1982

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asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the percentage of overall public expenditure allocated to each Department of Government in the current year; what were the equivalent percentages for the year 1978–79; and what percentage change this represents in the respective departmental budgets.

[pursuant to his reply, 23 July 1982, c. 322]: The information is set out in the following table and is based on the figures in "The Government's Expenditure Plans 1982–83 to 1984–85" (Cmnd. 8494), amended to take account of the expenditure decisions in the 1982 Budget—for example the effect of the reduction in the national insurance surcharge.

Public Expenditure: Departmental Allocation

percentage of the planning total

Percentage increase in Expenditure between 1978–79 and 1982–83

Departments (excluding nationalised industries external finance)

1978–79 outturn

1982–83 plan

Ministry of Defence10·811·5+ 87·2
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (including Overseas Development Administration)1·61·3+ 44·9
European Community (net payments)1·10·6- 13·1
Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce0·50·6+ 100·6
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food0·70·7+ 71·4
Forestry Commission0·101+ 102·0
Department of Industry1·61·3+ 39·5
Department of Energy0·30·3+ 87·2
Department of Trade0·20·2+ 65·8
Export Credits Guarantee Department0·50·5+ 57·7
Department of Employment1·72·4+ 155·6
Department of Transport2·82·8+ 70·2

Department of the Environment

—Housing5·73·1- 4·2
—Property Services Agency1·21·2+ 75·2
—Other Environmental Services3·43·0+ 55·1
Home Office2·83·2+ 96·4
Department of Education and Science11·810·6+ 57·5
Office of Arts and Libraries0·50·4+ 60·4

Department of Health and Social Security

—Health9·410·0+ 85·0
—Personal Social Services1·81·9+ 77·9
—Social Security25·027·8+ 94·2
Scottish Departments5·55·2+ 64·8
Welsh Office2·32·1+ 63·5
Northern Ireland Office and Departments3·33·1+ 66·0
Other Departments2·42·6+ 90·6
Nationalised Industries' total external finance3·02·3+ 31·7
Total programmes100·098·8+ 72·6
Contingency reserve1·8
Special sale of assets- 0·6
Planning Total100·0100·0+ 74·6