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Government Spending

Volume 270: debated on Monday 22 January 1996

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19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement about Government spending and tax receipts per head in Wales. [8849]

A Welsh Office report, "Government Expenditure and Revenue—Wales 1993–94", published on 8 January, estimated that total Government expenditure on behalf of the population of Wales in 1993–94 was £14.7 billion. This is equivalent to £5,040 per head in Wales compared with expenditure of £4,871 per head in the United Kingdom as a whole. Total tax receipts from Wales in the same year are estimated at £9.3 billion or £3,020 per head. This compares with the UK figure of £3,973 per head.