Public Expenditure

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing, for the latest years now available, identifiable public expenditure by programme in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Great Britain and the United Kingdom expressed (a) in cash terms, (b) as a percentage of United Kingdom total public expenditure, (c) as an amount per capita and (d) as an amount per capita expressed as a percentage of the United Kingdom amount per capita.

[pursuant to his reply, 31 January 1983, c. 20]: Table 1 shows figures of identifiable public expenditure according to main function in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These are the only available figures comparing public expenditure on programmes in the four countries of the United Kingdom. The analysis is presented for the past five years, the only period for which data are available on a consistent basis. The term "identifiable expenditure" refers to expenditure which can be identified from official records as having been incurred in a particular country. Table 2 compares, for the latest year, expenditure in Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland programmes with total identifiable expenditure in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland respectively. It shows that identifiable expenditure has a wider coverage than expenditure within the responsibility of the Secretaries of State in the case of Scotland and Wales and in the case of Northern Ireland it has a slightly wider coverage than the Northern Ireland programme in the public expenditure survey.Identifiable expenditure excludes expenditure on defence, overseas aid and other overseas services which is incurred on behalf of the United Kingdom as a whole. Total identifiable public expenditure represents about 80 per cent. of total public expenditure on programmes.The extent to which expenditure can be identified may vary from year to year and between countries, particularly for services administered on an England and Wales basis. The figures in the tables also reflect other differences in

Table 1
Identifiable public expenditure—1977–78
						As a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure
	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland	United Kingdom	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland
	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Forestry	362	124	48	119	652	56	19	7	18
Trade, Industry, Energy and Employment	1,169	348	189	232	1,938	60	18	10	12
Roads and Transport	1,689	306	166	86	2,247	75	14	7	4
Housing	3,569	537	164	171	4,441	80	12	4	4
Other Environmental Services	1,905	337	168	82	2,492	76	14	7	3
Law, Order and Protective Services	1,670	174	80	183	2,107	79	8	4	9
Education and Science, Arts and Libraries	7,086	952	441	298	8,776	81	11	5	3
Health and Personal Social Services	6,542	883	402	270	8,096	81	11	5	3
Social Security	11,619	1,377	805	418	14,218	82	10	5	3
Other Public Services	508	119	43	24	693	73	17	6	4
Common Services	368	35	22	8	433	85	8	5	2
Net Government Lending to Nationalised Industries	-22	38	138	-1	153	-14	25	90	-1
Total Expenditure on Programmes	36,463	5,229	2,665	1,889	46,246	79	11	6	4
Public Corporations Market and Overseas Borrowing	298	52	63	-3	410	73	13	15	-1
Special Sales of Assets	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Planning Total	36,760	5,281	2,728	1,886	46,656	79	11	6	4

Table 1
Identifiable public expenditure—1977–78
	£ per head					As a percentage of United Kingdom Identifiable expenditure per head
	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland	United Kingdom	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Forestry	8	24	17	77	12	67	200	142	642
Trade, Industry, Energy and Employment	25	67	68	151	35	71	191	194	431

administrative arrangements; for example, current expenditure on sewerage by regional water authorities is treated as a trading expense in England and Wales and excluded from public expenditure; but in Scotland it is local authority rate fund expenditure and so is included in other environmental services as public expenditure.

Total Government net lending to nationalised industries is allocated to countries, industry by industry pro rata to the industries' identifiable capital investment, and the amounts attributed to each country fluctuate from year to year because of the variability both of the aggregate lending figures and of the incidence of expenditure on large capital projects in particular countries.

The following estimates use the terms and classifications of the public expenditure White Paper "The Government's Expenditure Plans 1983–84 to 1985–86" (Cmnd. 8789) published today. The figures for earlier years may therefore differ slightly from those published previously. The territorial analysis was carried out before the figures in Cmnd. 8789 became available. The latter incorporate later information and show outturn in 1981–82 to be some £700 million lower than estimated when the territorial analysis was carried out. This will be incorporated in the next territorial analysis.

	£ per head					As a percentage of United Kingdom Identifiable expenditure per head
	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland	United Kingdom	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland
Roads and Transport	36	59	60	56	40	90	148	150	140
Housing	77	103	59	111	80	96	129	74	139
Other Environmental Services	41	65	61	53	45	91	144	135	118
Law, Order and Protective Services	36	33	29	119	38	95	87	76	313
Education and Science, Arts and Libraries	153	183	159	194	157	97	117	101	124
Health and Personal Social Services	141	170	145	176	145	97	117	100	121
Social Security	251	265	291	272	255	98	104	114	107
Other Public Services	11	23	16	16	12	92	192	133	133
Common Services	8	7	8	5	8	100	88	100	63
Net Government Lending to Nationalised Industries	-1	7	50	-1	3	-33	233	1,667	-33
Total Expenditure on Programmes	787	1,006	963	1,229	828	95	121	116	148
Public Corporations Market and Overseas borrowing	6	10	23	-2	7	86	143	329	-29
Special Sales of Assets	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Planning Total	793	1,016	986	1,227	835	95	122	118	147

Table 1
Identifiable Public Expenditure—1978–79
						as a percentage of United Kingdom Identifiable Expenditure
	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland	United Kingdom	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland
	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Forestry	383	107	39	124	653	59	16	6	19
Trade, Industry, Energy and Employment	1,491	375	223	284	2,373	63	16	9	12
Roads and Transport	1,844	354	190	101	2,488	74	14	8	4
Housing	3,716	582	172	187	4,657	80	12	4	4
Other Environmental Services	2,201	401	192	91	2,885	76	14	7	3
Law, Order and Protective Services	1,882	197	90	211	2,381	79	8	4	9
Education and Science, Arts and Libraries	7,810	1,066	494	341	9,710	80	11	5	4
Health and Personal Social Services	7,425	1,026	460	314	9,225	80	11	5	4
Social Security	13,774	1,582	945	502	16,803	82	9	6	3
Other Public Services	548	131	50	25	755	73	17	7	3
Common Services	391	36	22	15	463	84	8	5	3
Net Government Lending to Nationalised Industries	187	14	58	0	259	72	6	22	—
Total Expenditure on Programmes	41,653	5,871	2,934	2,196	52,653	79	11	6	4
Public Corporations Market and Overseas Borrowing	300	70	28	-3	395	76	18	7	-1
Special Sales of Assets	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Planning Total	41,953	5,941	2,962	2,193	53,049	79	11	6	4

Table 1
Identifiable public expenditure
	1978–79—£ per head					As a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure per head
	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland	United Kingdom	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Forestry	8	21	14	81	12	67	175	117	675
Trade, Industry, Energy and Employment	32	72	81	185	43	74	167	188	430
Roads and Transport	40	68	69	66	45	89	151	153	147
Housing	80	112	62	122	83	96	135	75	147
Other Environmental Services	47	77	69	59	52	90	148	133	113
Law, Order and Protective Services	41	38	33	137	43	95	88	77	319
Education and Science, Arts and Libraries	169	206	178	22	174	97	118	102	128

	1978–79—£ per head					As a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure per head
	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland	United Kingdom	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland
Health and Personal Social Services	160	198	166	204	165	97	120	101	124
Social Security	297	305	341	326	301	99	101	113	108
Other Public Services	12	25	18	16	14	86	179	129	114
Common Services	8	7	8	10	8	100	88	100	125
Net Government Lending to Nationalised Industries	4	3	21	0	5	80	60	420	0
Total Expenditure on Programmes	899	1,134	1,060	1,427	943	950	120	112	151
Public Corporations Market and Overseas Borrowing	6	14	10	-2	7	86	200	143	-29
Special Sales of Assets	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Planning Total	905	1,147	1,070	1,425	950	95	121	113	150

Table 1	Identifiable Public Expenditure 1979–80 £ million					as a percentage of United Kingdom Identifiable Expenditure
	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland	United Kingdom	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Forestry	561	159	66	107	893	63	18	7	12
Trade, Industry, Energy and Employment	1,617	369	218	308	2,512	64	15	9	12
Roads and Transport	2,215	399	222	113	2,949	75	13	8	4
Housing	4,698	730	212	215	5,856	80	12	4	4
Other Environmental Services	2,649	501	219	104	3,473	76	14	6	4
Law, Order and Protective Services	2,374	249	115	257	2,996	79	8	4	9
Education and Science, Arts and Libraries	9,026	1,240	561	390	11,216	80	11	5	4
Health and Personal Social Services	8,899	1,233	543	382	11,057	80	11	5	4
Social Security	16,334	1,910	1,026	595	19,864	82	10	5	3
Other Public Services	627	148	61	30	867	72	17	7	4
Common Services	452	43	22	19	536	84	8	4	4
Net Government Lending to Nationalised Industries	1,072	218	274	-5	1,559	69	14	17	0
Total Expenditure on Programmes	50,525	7,198	3,539	2,516	63,778	79	11	6	4
Public Corporations Market and	-32	4	-101	13	-116	27	-3	87	-11
Overseas Borrowing Special Sales of Assets	-44	—	—	—	-44	100	—	—	—
Planning Total	50,449	7,202	3,438	2,529	63,618	79	11	6	4

Table 1
Identifiable Public Expenditure—1979–80
	£ per head					As a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure per head
	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland	United Kingdom	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Forestry	12	31	24	69	16	75	194	150	431
Trade, Industry, Energy and Employment	35	71	79	200	45	78	158	176	444
Roads and Transport	48	77	80	73	53	91	145	151	138
Housing	101	141	76	139	105	96	134	72	132
Other Environmental Services	57	97	79	67	62	92	156	127	108
Law, Order and Protective Services	51	48	41	167	54	94	89	76	309
Education and Science, Arts and Libraries	195	240	202	253	201	97	119	100	126
Health and Personal Social Services	192	239	197	248	198	97	121	99	125
Social Security	352	370	370	386	355	99	104	104	109
Other Public Services	14	29	22	19	16	88	181	138	119
Common Services	10	8	8	12	10	100	80	80	120
Net Government Lending to Nationalised Industries	23	42	99	-3	28	82	150	354	-11
Total Expenditure on Programmes	1,089	1,393	1,275	1,631	1,141	95	122	112	143

	£ per head					As a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure per head
	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern	United	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland
Public Corporations Market and Overseas Borrowing	-1	1	-36	8	-2	50	-50	1,800	-400
Special Sales of Assets	-1	—	—	—	-1	100	—	—	—
Planning Total	1,087	1,394	1,239	1,639	1,138	96	122	109	144

Table 1
Identifiable Public Expenditure—1980–81
						As a percentage of United Kingdom Identifiable Expenditure
	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland	United Kingdom	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland
	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Forestry	636	189	80	112	1,017	62	19	8	11
Trade, Industry, Energy and Employment	2,394	501	343	363	3,601	66	14	10	10
Roads and Transport	2,698	456	263	120	3,537	76	13	8	3
Housing	4,679	782	211	244	5,915	79	13	4	4
Other Environmental Services	3,157	571	258	121	4,107	77	14	6	3
Law, Order and Protective Services	2,909	310	139	321	3,679	79	8	4	9
Education and Science, Arts and Libraries	11,002	1,520	685	459	13,666	81	11	5	3
Health and Personal Social Services	11,362	1,522	692	484	14,060	81	11	5	3
Social Security	19,947	2,125	1,222	720	24,014	83	9	5	3
Other Public Services	795	188	73	39	1,095	73	17	7	3
Common Services	481	50	23	26	579	83	9	4	4
Net Government Lending to Nationalised Industries	1,987	456	803	0	3,246	61	14	25	0
Total Expenditure on Programmes	62,046	8,669	4,792	3,008	78,516	79	11	6	4
Public Corporations Market and Overseas Borrowing	-336	-96	-76	-3	-511	66	19	15	0
Special Sales of Assets	-83	-3	—	—	-86	97	3	—	—
Planning Total	61,627	8,570	4,716	3,005	77,919	79	11	6	4

Table 1
Identifiable Public Expenditure 1980–81
	£per head					As a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure per head
	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland	United Kingdom	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Forestry	14	37	29	72	18	78	206	161	400
Trade, Industry, Energy and Employment	52	97	123	235	64	81	152	192	367
Roads and Transport	58	88	95	78	63	92	140	151	124
Housing	101	152	76	158	106	95	143	72	149
Other Environmental Services	68	111	93	78	73	93	152	127	107
Law, Order and Protective Services	63	60	50	207	66	95	91	76	314
Education and Science, Arts and Libraries	237	295	247	297	244	97	121	101	122
Health and Personal Social Services	245	295	249	313	251	98	118	99	125
Social Security	429	412	440	466	429	100	96	103	109
Other Public Services	17	37	26	25	20	85	185	130	125
Common Services	10	10	8	17	10	100	100	80	170
Net Government Lending to Nationalised Industries	43	88	289	0	58	74	152	498	0
Total Expenditure on Programmes	1,335	1,682	1,726	1,945	1,403	95	120	123	139
Public Corporations Market and Overseas Borrowing	-7	-19	127	-2	-9	78	211	300	22
Special Sales of Assets	-2	-1	—	—	-2	100	50	—	—
Planning Total	1,326	1,663	1,698	1,942	1,393	95	119	122	139

Identifiable Public Expenditure Table 1
	1981–82 £ million				As a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure
	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland	United Kingdom	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Forestry	665	206	77	115	1,062	63	19	7	11
Trade, Industry, Energy and Employment	3,030	576	381	410	4,398	69	13	9	9
Roads and Transport	2,965	534	297	127	3,922	76	14	7	3
Housing	3,283	755	147	245	4,429	74	17	3	6
Other Environmental Services	3,174	644	280	134	4,232	75	15	7	3
Law, Order and Protective Services	3,422	354	165	357	4,298	80	8	4	8
Education and Science, Arts and Libraries	11,961	1,594	752	502	14,809	81	11	5	3
Health and Personal Social Services	12,764	1,772	791	547	15,873	80	11	5	4
Social Security	24,240	2,694	1,525	871	29,330	83	9	5	3
Other Public Services	894	198	77	46	1,215	74	16	6	4
Common Services	579	64	26	31	700	83	9	4	4
Net Government Lending to Nationalised Industries	828	302	269	2	1,401	59	22	19	0
Total Expenditure on Programmes	67,805	9,693	4,784	3,386	85,668	79	11	6	4
Public Corporations Market and Overseas Borrowing	344	-31	22	5	340	101	-9	7	1
Special Sales of Assets	-91	-2	—	—	-93	98	2	—	—
Planning Total	68,059	9,661	4,806	3,390	85,915	79	11	6	4

Identifiable Public Expenditure 1981–82
Table 1
	£ per head				as a percentage of United Kingdom identifiable expenditure per head
	England	Scotland	Wa'es	Northern Ireland	United Kingdom	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Forestry	14	40	27	76	19	74	211	142	400
Trade, Industry, Energy and Employment	65	112	136	272	78	83	144	174	349
Roads and Transport	63	104	106	84	70	90	149	151	120
Housing	70	147	52	162	79	89	186	66	205
Other Environmental Services	68	125	100	89	75	91	167	133	119
Law, Order and Protective Services	73	69	59	236	76	96	91	78	310
Education and Science, Arts and Libraries	256	310	268	332	263	97	118	102	126
Health and Personal Social Services	273	344	282	362	282	97	122	100	108
Social Security	518	523	543	577	521	99	100	104	111
Other Public Services	19	39	27	30	22	86	177	123	136
Common Services	12	13	9	21	12	100	108	75	175
Net Government Lending to Nationalised Industries	18	59	96	1	25	72	236	384	4
Total Expenditure on Programmes	1,449	1,882	1,704	2,242	1,523	95	124	112	147
Public Corporations Market and Overseas Borrowing	7	-6	8	3	6	117	-100	133	50
Special Sales of Assets	-2	—	—	—	-2	100	—	—	—
Planning Total	1,455	1,876	1,712	2,245	1,527	95	123	112	147

Table 2
Planning total analysed by territorial area—1981–82
	England	Programme 15	Scotland other	Total	Programme 16	Wales other	Total	Programme 17	Northern Ireland other	Total	Not identified	United Kingdom
Defence	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12,617	12,617
Overseas Aid and other Overseas Services	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1,623	1,623
Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Forestry	665	152	54	206	56	21	77	59	56	115	633	1,695
Industry, Energy, Trade and Employment	3,030	127	449	576	108	273	381	403	8	410	1,751	6,148
Transport	2,965	514	21	534	256	40	297	127	—	127	853	4,775
Housing	3,283	755	—	755	147	—	147	245	—	245	—	4,429
Other Environmental Services	3,174	641	3	644	277	3	280	134	—	134	45	4,277

	England	Programme 15	Scotland other	Total	Programme 16	Wales other	Total	Programme 17	Northern Ireland other	Total	Not identified	United Kingdom
Law, Order and Protective Services	3,422	343	11	354	—	165	165	347	9	357	140	4,438
Education, Science, Arts and Libraries	11,961	1,383	211	1,594	620	132	752	501	1	502	58	14,866
Health and Personal Social Services	12,764	1,772	—	1,772	791	—	791	547	—	547	—	15,873
Social Security	24,240	—	2,694	2,694	—	1,525	1,525	861	11	871	159	29,488
Other Public Services	894	77	122	198	24	53	77	28	18	46	240	1,455
Common Services	579	—	64	64	—	26	26	26	5	31	928	1,628
Government Lending to Nationalised Industries	828	—	302	302	—	269	269	—	2	2	-69	1,332
Total Expenditure on Programmes	67,805	5,763	3,930	9,693	2,278	2,507	4,784	3,276	110	3,386	18,976	104,645
Public Corporations Market and Overseas Borrowing	344	—	-31	-31	—	22	22	—	5	5	61	400
Special Sales of Assets	-91	—	—	-2	-2	—	—	—	—	—	185	92
Contingency Reserve	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	300	300
Planning Total	68,059	5,763	3,897	9,661	2,278	2,529	4,806	3,276	115	3,390	19,522	10,543

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