To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide the pay figures for the financial year 1983–84, and as far back as is possible, on the same basis as those figures given in table 21.02.13 of Cm. 1021; if these figures, are available on a quarterly basis; and where both sets of data are published.
[holding answer 9 March 1990]: Figures on a consistent basis with those given in table 21.2.13 are not readily available for earlier years. Calendar years figures for general government expenditure on wages and salaries and so on, consistent with table 9.4 of the 1989 edition of the "United Kingdom National Accounts" (the CSO Blue Book), are given in the table. These data are not on exactly the same basis as that provided in the public expenditure White Paper.
| £ million | |
| 1961 | 2,534 |
| 1962 | 2,722 |
| 1963 | 2,929 |
| 1964 | 3,161 |
| 1965 | 3,473 |
| 1966 | 3,778 |
| 1967 | 4,083 |
| 1968 | 4,382 |
| 1969 | 4,690 |
| 1970 | 5,402 |
| 1971 | 6,372 |
| 1972 | 7,460 |
| 1973 | 8,423 |
| 1974 | 10,556 |
| 1975 | 14,815 |
| 1976 | 16,907 |
| 1977 | 18,281 |
| 1978 | 20,377 |
| 1979 | 23,258 |
| 1980 | 29,469 |
| 1981 | 33,577 |
| 1982 | 35,773 |
| 1983 | 39,060 |
| 1984 | 41,271 |
| 1985 | 43,695 |
| 1986 | 46,896 |
| 1987 | 50,914 |
| 1988 | 55,219 |
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total expenditure by his Department on press and public relations in 1979–80 and in each following year; and what is his latest estimate for the current year and budget for 1990–91.
[holding answer 12 March 1990]: The expenditure for 1988–89 is £548,264, the estimated expenditure for the current year is £550,525 and the budget provision for 1990–91 is £599,680. Comparable figures for the years 1979–80 to 1987–88 are not available because of the machinery of Government changes, and could be given only at disproportionate cost.