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Government Expenditure

Volume 75: debated on Thursday 21 March 1985

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asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in a table, otherwise identical to table 3.15.2 of Cmnd. 9428-II, but expressed in (a) cost terms and (b) volume terms.

Since public expenditure is now planned in cash, volume figures are no longer relevant and the information needed to construct them is no longer collected comprehensively. The information requested in cost terms is set out in the following table. For information on volume terms movements in local authority current expenditure as a whole, I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply of today's date to his question by my hon. Friend the Minister for Home Affairs and the Environment.

1979–80

1980–81

1981–82

1982–83

1983–84

1984–85

1985–86

Education102859078736163
Arts and Libraries1012129523
Health and Social Work16141414161717
Total capital expenditure904750688644739671617
Total local authority expenditure in Scotland3,5733,5153,5593,5823,8193,7453,553

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table, otherwise identical to table 3.15.1 of Cmnd. 9428-II, but expressed in (a) cost terms and (b) volume terms.

Scotland Analysis by Broad Economic Category in Cost Terms (1983–84 Base Year)
£ million
1979–801980–811981–821982–831983–841984–851985–86
Pay2,7462,8932,8642,8232,8612,8732,725
Other current expenditure on goods and services1,2381,2851,4371,5181,5851,6151,606
Subsidies and current grants1,0081,027902819770764719
Local authority current expenditure not allocated to services74
Total current expenditure4,9925,2055,2035,1615,2155,2525,124
Gross domestic fixed capital formation1,153974909865825812805
Capital grants, loans etc.439448483490497370695
Market and overseas borrowing by nationalised industries and some other public corporations29-61-901167386-84
Total capital expenditure1,6211,3601,3031,3561,4891,5691,415
Total programme6,6136,5656,5066,5176,7046,8216,540