asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the level of public spending in Scotland per head of population during the last financial year.

Figures for 1984–85 are not yet available. As indicated to my hon. Friend in the reply given to him on 22 February 1985, at columns 608–18, by my right hon. and learned Friend the Chief Secretary, the figure for identifiable public expenditure in Scotland in 1983–84 was £2,058·1.