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Written Answers to Questions
Thursday 13 December 1990
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Birmingham Pub Bombings
Mr. Mullin : To ask the Attorney-General if he will list all those whom the registrar of criminal appeals consulted in determining the judges who are to cover the appeal of the six persons convicted of the Birmingham pub bombings.
The Attorney-General : The allocation of judges to the Court of Appeal criminal division is the responsibility of the Lord Chief Justice. The Lord Chancellor understands that the registrar of criminal appeals consulted the Lord Chief Justice in determining the constitution of the court which will hear the appeals of the six persons convicted of the Birmingham pub bombings.
Law Commissioners
Mr. Knapman : To ask the Attorney-General whether the Government have any proposals to amend the qualification required by a candidate for appointment as a law commissioner in England and Wales.
The Attorney-General : At present, the law governing the appointment of law commissioners in England and Wales requires them to be persons appearing to the Lord Chancellor to be suitably qualified by the holding of the judicial office, or by experience as a barrister or solicitor, or as a teacher of law in a university. The Lord Chancellor now proposes to extend this latter qualification to include teachers of law at institutions other than universities. He intends to make the necessary amendment to the Law Commissions Act 1965 when a suitable legislative opportunity arises.
TRANSPORT
Severn Bridge
Mr. Butler : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects the pattern of debt to the Consolidated Fund in relation to the Severn bridge to assume a downward trend.
Mr. Freeman : If tolls were to continue to be levied under the provisions of the Severn Bridge Tolls Act 1965 the debt should start to reduce during the financial year 1992-93. But under the Severn Bridges Bill, introduced to the House on 27 November 1990, it is proposed to introduce a new financial regime for the present and the new bridge.
Radio-navigation Systems
Mr. Wallace : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress has been made in recent discussions with other European nations regarding the
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introduction of the proposed north-west European Loran C system of radio-navigation ; and if he will make a statement on the up-to-date position.Mr. McLoughlin : The international discussions are still proceeding. No firm agreement has yet been reached.
Antares
Mr. Foulkes : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to receive the report of the inquiry by the marine accident investigation bureau into the sinking of the Antares ; if the report will be made public ; and if he will arrange to make a statement on its publication of what action he proposes to take.
Mr. McLoughlin : The marine accident investigation branch investigation into the sinking of the Antares has been given the status of an inspector's inquiry under the Merchant Shipping (Accident Investigation) Regulations. The inquiry involves a very detailed investigation into the circumstances of the accident ; and this necessarily takes time to complete. An interim report is expected very shortly. This will assist the Secretary of State in deciding what action needs to be taken. I expect the full report of the chief inspector to be published.
Jubilee Line (Extension)
Mr. Orme : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he will make a statement on the latest position on London Underground's plans for the Jubilee line extension at Westminster.
Mr. Freeman : I am pleased to be able to tell the House that London Underground has now produced a revised design for Westminster station which it believes would better meet the concerns expressed by the House Services Committee. In particular, its new proposal would enable it wholly to avoid using Parliament square as a work site, to reduce the impact upon traffic in the roads surrounding Parliament and to avoid elevated decking in Bridge street. London Underground will shortly be setting out these proposals in a report to the New Buildings Sub-Committee.
NATIONAL FINANCE
Gross Domestic Product
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the gross domestic product per capita in £ sterling in each of the member nations of the Council of Europe and the Warsaw pact.
Mr. Maples : Estimates of gross domestic product per capita for a number of countries are shown in table 1 of "National Accounts Statistics : Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables, 1987" issued by the United Nations earlier this year. Data are also given in the "World Bank Atlas, 1988". Both publications are available in the Library of the House. For the Warsaw pact economies, the information on economic activity is prepared in accordance with the United Nations system of material product balances which differs from the United Nations system of national accounts used to describe Council of Europe economies.
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General Government Expenditure
Mr. Summerson : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report tables showing, for the latest years now available, identifiable general Government expenditure by function in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom expressed (a) in cash terms, (b) as a percentage of United Kingdom total identifiable general Government expenditure, (c) as an amount per capita and (d) as an amount per capita expressed as an index, United Kingdom identifiable general Government expenditure=100.
Mr. Mellor : Most public expenditure is planned on a national basis and there is no geographical disaggregation apart from expenditure which is the responsibility of the territorial Departments. However, in order to provide a more comprehensive breakdown of public expenditure within the four countries of the United Kingdom an additional analysis, covering outturn years, is carried out each year. This analysis allocates, where possible, general Government expenditure to England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland and, therefore, includes within the territories a wider coverage of expenditure than that for which the Secretaries of State for Scotland, for Wales and for Northern Ireland are directly responsible. The analysis divides spending into "identifiable" and "non-identifiable" expenditure. The term "identifiable expenditure" refers to expenditure that can be identified from official records as having been incurred for the benefit of people in a particular country. The coverage of identifiable expenditure has been changed since last year's exercise to produce a greater consistency of treatment between different types of expenditure. In the following analyses of territorial spending all expenditure on common services--for example, revenue and tax collection, financial administration --has been treated as unidentifiable. In previous years this category of expenditure was not treated in a consistent manner. This change reduces identifiable expenditure by around £3 billion--2 per cent.--but does not appreciably affect the index of per capita expenditure between territories. Unidentifiable expenditure mainly consists of expenditure deemed to have been
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incurred on behalf of the United Kingdom as a whole, for example, defence, overseas aid and other overseas services and common services. It also covers expenditure which cannot readily be divided between territories from existing departmental records.Tables 1 to 5 show figures for identifiable general Government expenditure according to main function in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in the years 1985-86 to 1989-90. The tables show identifiable general Government expenditure in each territory in total and on a per capita basis. The per capita figures are based on mid-year population estimates. Figures for earlier years are not available on a totally consistent basis with those given in these tables.
Table 6 compares expenditure by function in the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland programmes in 1989-90 with the total identifiable expenditure in the respective countries. It shows that identifiable expenditure has a wider coverage than expenditure within the responsibilities of the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales ; in the case of Northern Ireland it has a slightly wider coverage than the Northern Ireland programme. The table also shows, for 1989-90, unidentifiable expenditure where this can be allocated to function. In some cases, expenditure which cannot be separately identified for England, Scotland or Wales can be allocated to Great Britain rather than to the United Kingdom ; for example, the majority of the finance provided for expenditure by the nationalised industries can be allocated to Great Britain. Tables 7a and 7b compare Northern Ireland allocated expenditure with that allocated to Great Britain over the five-year period.
The extent to which expenditure can be identified may vary from year to year and between countries. The coverage of particular functions can also vary between countries ; for example, in Northern Ireland, expenditure on arts and libraries is contained in the education category.
The terms and definitions used for this analysis are the same as those used for the recent autumn statement--Cm. 1311--but the figures are based on less up-to-date outturn information.
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Table 1a
Identifiable general government expenditure 1985-86
£ million As a percentage of United Kingdom
identifiable expenditure
|England |Scotland |Wales |Northern |United |England |Scotland |Wales |Northern
|Ireland |Kingdom
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, fisheries, food and
forestry |618.8 |225.4 |109.8 |148.5 |1,102.5 |56.1 |20.4 |10.0 |13.5
Trade, industry, energy and
employment |3,509.2 |664.5 |340.3 |375.4 |4,889.4 |71.8 |13.6 |7.0 |7.7
Roads and transport |3,448.7 |539.5 |268.4 |101.3 |4,357.9 |79.1 |12.4 |6.2 |2.3
Housing |3,099.1 |624.0 |135.3 |345.5 |4,203.9 |73.7 |14.8 |3.2 |8.2
Other environmental services |3,662.1 |501.2 |282.4 |196.7 |4,642.4 |78.9 |10.8 |6.1 |4.2
Law, order and protective
services |4,192.1 |519.9 |228.2 |473.6 |5,413.8 |77.4 |9.6 |4.2 |8.7
Education and science |13,562.9 |2,052.6 |838.2 |636.0 |17,089.7 |79.4 |12.0 |4.9 |3.7
Arts and Libraries |581.8 |69.9 |31.6 |0.0 |683.3 |85.1 |10.2 |4.6 |0.0
Health and personal social
services |16,604.8 |2,314.8 |1,051.0 |697.8 |20,668.4 |80.3 |11.2 |5.1 |3.4
Social Security |35,311.3 |4,072.6 |2,245.7 |1,310.0 |42,939.6 |82.2 |9.5 |5.2 |3.1
Miscellaneous<1> |-33.8 |97.3 |34.5 |33.3 |131.3 |-25.7 |74.1 |26.3 |25.4
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |84,557.0 |11,681.7 |5,565.4 |4,318.1 |106,122.2|79.7 |11.0 |5.2 |4.1
Table 1b
Identifiable general government expenditure per head 1985-86
£ per head Index (United Kingdom
identifiable expenditure=100)
|England |Scotland|Wales |Northern|United |England |Scotland|Wales |Northern
|Ireland |Kingdom
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, fisheries, food and
forestry |13.1 |43.9 |39.0 |95.3 |19.5 |67.5 |225.4 |200.5 |489.5
Trade, industry, energy and
employment |74.5 |129.4 |121.0 |241.0 |86.4 |86.3 |149.8 |140.1 |279.0
Roads and transport |73.2 |105.0 |95.5 |65.0 |77.0 |95.1 |136.5 |124.0 |84.5
Housing |65.8 |121.5 |48.1 |221.8 |74.3 |88.6 |163.6 |64.8 |298.7
Other environmental services |77.7 |97.6 |100.4 |126.3 |82.0 |94.8 |119.0 |122.5 |154.0
Law, order and protective
services |89.0 |101.2 |81.2 |304.0 |95.6 |93.1 |105.9 |84.9 |317.9
Education and science |287.9 |399.6 |298.1 |408.3 |301.8 |95.4 |132.4 |98.9 |135.3
Arts and Libraries |12.3 |13.6 |11.2 |0.0 |12.1 |102.3 |112.8 |93.1 |0.0
Health and personal social
services |352.5 |450.7 |373.8 |447.9 |365.1 |96.5 |123.5 |102.4 |122.7
Social Security |749.5 |792.9 |798.7 |840.9 |758.4 |98.8 |104.5 |105.3 |110.9
Miscellaneous<1> |-0.7 |18.9 |12.3 |21.4 |2.3 |-30.9 |816.8 |529.1 |921.8
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |1,794.8 |2,274.3 |1,979.3 |2,771.9 |1,874.4 |95.8 |121.3 |105.6 |147.9
<1> Expenditure includes net receipts of Land Registry in England and Wales and costs from the central administration of
the offices of the Secretaries of State.
Table 1b
Identifiable general government expenditure per head 1985-86
£ per head Index (United Kingdom
identifiable expenditure = 100)
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 13.1 43.9 39.0 95.3 19.5 67.5 225.4 200.5 489.5
Trade, industry, energy and employment 74.5 129.4 121.0 241.0 86.4 86.3 149.8 140.1 279.0
Roads and transport 73.2 105.0 95.5 65.0 77.0 95.1 136.5 124.0 84.5
Housing 65.8 121.5 48.1 221.8 74.3 88.6 163.6 64.8 298.7 Other environmental services 77.7 97.6 100.4 126.3 82.0 94.8 119.0 122.5 154.0
Law, order and protective services 89.0 101.2 81.2 304.0 95.6 93.1 105.9 84.9 317.9
Education and science 287.9 399.6 298.1 408.3 301.8 95.4 132.4 98.9 135.3
Arts and Libraries 12.3 13.6 11.2 0.0 12.1 102.3 112.8 93.1 0.0 Health and personal social services 352.5 450.7 373.8 447.9 365.1 96.5 123.5 102.4 122.7
Social Security 749.5 792.9 798.7 840.9 758.4 98.8 104.5 105.3 110.9
Miscellaneous 0.7 18.9 12.3 21.4 2.3 30.9 816.8 529.1 921.8 Total-- 1,794.8 2,274.3 1,979.3 2,771.9 1,874.4 95.8 121.3 105.6 147.9
Expenditure includes net receipts of Land Registry in England and Wales and costs from the central administration of the offices of the Secretaries of State.
Table 2a
Identifiable general government expenditure 1986-87
£ million As a percentage of United Kingdom
identifiable expenditure
|England |Scotland |Wales |Northern |United |England |Scotland |Wales |Northern
|Ireland |Kingdom |Ireland
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, fisheries, food and
forestry |590.2 |202.7 |120.9 |153.7 |1,067.5 |55.3 |19.0 |11.3 |14.4
Trade, industry, energy and
employment |3,911.4 |811.1 |404.2 |387.7 |5,514.4 |70.9 |14.7 |7.3 |7.0
Roads and transport |3,599.1 |575.5 |292.7 |105.0 |4,572.3 |78.7 |12.6 |6.4 |2.3
Housing |2,956.2 |631.2 |177.8 |334.7 |4,099.9 |72.1 |15.4 |4.3 |8.2
Other environmental services |3,841.6 |546.9 |318.5 |209.8 |4,916.8 |78.1 |11.1 |6.5 |4.3
Law, order and protective
services |4,592.2 |571.2 |247.4 |521.3 |5,932.1 |77.4 |9.6 |4.2 |8.8
Education and science |14,838.6 |2,198.4 |924.6 |729.0 |18,690.6 |79.4 |11.8 |4.9 |3.9
Arts and Libraries |619.1 |72.1 |33.6 |0.0 |724.8 |85.4 |9.9 |4.6 |0.0
Health and personal social
services |17,878.6 |2,444.1 |1,131.4 |748.8 |22,202.9 |80.5 |11.0 |5.1 |3.4
Social Security |37,965.2 |4,355.6 |2,442.8 |1,423.2 |46,168.8 |82.2 |9.4 |5.3 |3.1
Miscellaneous<1> |-47.7 |103.5 |36.7 |39.7 |132.2 |-36.1 |78.3 |27.8 |30.0
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |90,744.5 |12,512.3 |6,130.6 |4,652.9 |114,040.3|79.6 |11.0 |5.4 |4.1
Table 2b
Identifiable general government expenditure per head 1986-87
£ per head Index (United Kingdom
identifiable expenditure = 100)
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 12.5 39.6 42.9 98.7 18.8 66.4 210.5 227.9 525.0
Trade, industry, energy and employment 82.8 158.4 143.3 249.0 97.1 85.2 163.0 147.5 256.3
Roads and transport 76.2 112.4 103.8 67.4 80.6 94.6 139.5 128.8 83.7
Housing 62.6 123.3 63.0 215.0 72.2 86.6 170.7 87.3 297.7 Other environmental services 81.3 106.8 112.9 134.8 86.6 93.9 123.3 130.3 155.6
Law, order and protective services 97.2 111.5 87.7 334.9 104.5 93.0 106.7 83.9 320.4
Education and science 314.0 429.3 327.8 468.3 329.3 95.4 130.4 99.5 142.2
Arts and Libraries 13.1 14.1 11.9 0.0 12.8 102.6 110.3 93.3 0.0 Health and personal social services 378.3 477.3 401.1 481.0 391.1 96.7 122.0 102.5 123.0
Social Security 803.4 850.5 865.9 914.2 813.7 98.7 104.5 106.4 112.4
Miscellaneous 1.0 20.2 13.0 25.5 2.3 43.3 867.8 558.6 1,094.9
Total-- 1,920.3 2,443.3 2,173.2 2,988.8 2,009.0 95.6 121.6 108.2 148.8
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Table 2b
Identifiable general government expenditure per head 1986-87
£ per head Index (United Kingdom
identifiable expenditure=100)
|England |Scotland|Wales |Northern|United |England |Scotland|Wales |Northern
|Ireland |Kingdom
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, fisheries, food and
forestry |12.5 |39.6 |42.9 |98.7 |18.8 |66.4 |210.5 |227.9 |525.0
Trade, industry, energy and
employment |82.8 |158.4 |143.3 |249.0 |97.1 |85.2 |163.0 |147.5 |256.3
Roads and transport |76.2 |112.4 |103.8 |67.4 |80.6 |94.6 |139.5 |128.8 |83.7
Housing |62.6 |123.3 |63.0 |215.0 |72.2 |86.6 |170.7 |87.3 |297.7
Other environmental services |81.3 |106.8 |112.9 |134.8 |86.6 |93.9 |123.3 |130.3 |155.6
Law, order and protective
services |97.2 |111.5 |87.7 |334.9 |104.5 |93.0 |106.7 |83.9 |320.4
Education and science |314.0 |429.3 |327.8 |468.3 |329.3 |95.4 |130.4 |99.5 |142.2
Arts and Libraries |13.1 |14.1 |11.9 |0.0 |12.8 |102.6 |110.3 |93.3 |0.0
Health and personal social
services |378.3 |477.3 |401.1 |481.0 |391.1 |96.7 |122.0 |102.5 |123.0
Social Security |803.4 |850.5 |865.9 |914.2 |813.7 |98.7 |104.5 |106.4 |112.4
Miscellaneous<1> |-1.0 |20.2 |13.0 |25.5 |2.3 |-43.3 |867.8 |558.6 |1,094.9
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |1,920.3 |2,443.3 |2,173.2 |2,988.8 |2,009.0 |95.6 |121.6 |108.2 |148.8
<1> Expenditure includes net receipts of Land Registry in England and Wales and costs from the central administration of
the offices of the Secretaries of State.
Table 3a
Identifiable general government expenditure 1987-88
£ million As a percentage of United Kingdom
identifiable expenditure
|England |Scotland |Wales |Northern |United |England |Scotland |Wales |Northern
|Ireland |Kingdom |Ireland
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, fisheries, food and
forestry |632.1 |194.3 |97.4 |152.8 |1,076.6 |58.7 |18.0 |9.0 |14.2
Trade, industry, energy and
employment |3,646.4 |704.7 |406.8 |369.2 |5,127.1 |71.1 |13.7 |7.9 |7.2
Roads and transport |3,761.5 |589.1 |333.5 |108.6 |4,792.7 |78.5 |12.3 |7.0 |2.3
Housing |2,981.1 |716.9 |225.9 |336.6 |4,260.5 |70.0 |16.8 |5.3 |7.9
Other environmental services |3,749.3 |587.4 |334.9 |229.6 |4,901.2 |76.5 |12.0 |6.8 |4.7
Law, order and protective
services |5,094.1 |643.6 |277.2 |592.1 |6,607.0 |77.1 |9.7 |4.2 |9.0
Education and science |16,234.5 |2,386.5 |1,018.2 |787.4 |20,426.6 |79.5 |11.7 |5.0 |3.9
Arts and Libraries |666.1 |78.0 |37.8 |0.0 |781.9 |85.2 |10.0 |4.8 |0.0
Health and personal social
services |19,711.0 |2,665.9 |1,256.1 |810.1 |24,443.1 |80.6 |10.9 |5.1 |3.3
Social Security |39,496.6 |4,673.1 |2,557.5 |1,504.1 |48,231.3 |81.9 |9.7 |5.3 |3.1
Miscellaneous<1> |-49.2 |109.1 |37.1 |38.5 |135.5 |-36.3 |80.5 |27.4 |28.4
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |95,923.5 |13,348.6 |6,582.4 |4,929.0 |120,783.5|79.4 |11.1 |5.4 |4.1
Table 3b
Identifiable general government expenditure per head 1987-88
£ per head Index (United Kingdom
identifiable expenditure = 100)
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 13.3 38.0 34.3 97.0 18.9 70.5 201.0 181.6 513.0
Trade, industry, energy and employment 76.9 137.8 143.4 234.4 90.1 85.4 153.1 159.3 260.3
Roads and transport 79.3 115.2 117.6 68.9 84.2 94.3 136.9 139.7 81.9
Housing 62.9 140.2 79.6 213.7 74.8 84.0 187.4 106.4 285.6 Other environmental services 79.1 114.9 118.1 145.8 86.1 91.9 133.5 137.2 169.3
Law, order and protective services 107.5 125.9 97.7 375.9 116.1 92.6 108.5 84.2 323.9
Education and science 342.5 466.8 359.0 499.9 358.8 95.4 130.1 100.1 139.3
Arts and Libraries 14.1 15.3 13.3 0.0 13.7 102.3 111.1 97.0 0.0 Health and personal social services 415.8 521.5 442.9 514.3 429.4 96.8 121.5 103.2 119.8
Social Security 833.1 914.1 901.7 954.9 847.2 98.3 107.9 106.4 112.7
Miscellaneous 1.0 21.3 13.1 24.4 2.4 43.6 896.7 549.6 1,027.0
Total-- 2,023.4 2,611.2 2,320.9 3,129.3 2,121.6 95.4 123.1 109.4 147.5
Expenditure includes net receipts of Land Registry in England and Wales and costs from the central administration of the offices of the Secretaries of State.
Table 3b
Identifiable general government expenditure per head 1987-88
£ per head Index (United Kingdom
identifiable expenditure=100)
|England |Scotland|Wales |Northern|United |England |Scotland|Wales |Northern
|Ireland |Kingdom
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, fisheries, food and
forestry |13.3 |38.0 |34.3 |97.0 |18.9 |70.5 |201.0 |181.6 |513.0
Trade, industry, energy and
employment |76.9 |137.8 |143.3 |234.4 |90.1 |85.4 |153.1 |159.3 |260.3
Roads and transport |79.3 |115.2 |117.6 |68.9 |84.2 |94.3 |136.9 |139.7 |81.9
Housing |62.9 |140.2 |79.6 |213.7 |74.8 |84.0 |187.4 |106.4 |285.6
Other environmental services |79.1 |114.9 |118.1 |145.8 |86.1 |91.9 |133.5 |137.2 |169.3
Law, order and protective
services |107.5 |125.9 |97.7 |375.9 |116.92.6|108.5 |84.2 |323.9
Education and science |342.5 |466.8 |359.0 |499.9 |358.8 |95.4 |130.1 |100.1 |139.3
Arts and Libraries |13.1 |14.1 |11.9 |0.0 |12.8 |102.6 |110.3 |93.3 |0.0
Health and personal social
services |415.8 |521.5 |442.9 |514.3 |429.4 |96.8 |121.5 |103.2 |119.8
Social Security |833.1 |914.1 |901.7 |954.9 |847.2 |98.3 |107.9 |106.4 |112.7
Miscellaneous<1> |-1.0 |21.3 |13.1 |24.4 |2.4 |-43.6 |896.7 |549.6 |1,027.0
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |2,023.4 |2,611.2 |2,320.9 |3,129.3 |2,121.6 |95.4 |123.1 |109.4 |147.5
<1> Expenditure includes net receipts of Land Registry in England and Wales and costs from the central administration of
the offices of the Secretaries of State.
Table 4a
Identifiable general government expenditure 1988-89
£ million As a percentage of United Kingdom
identifiable expenditure
|England |Scotland |Wales |Northern |United |England |Scotland |Wales |Northern
|Ireland |Kingdom |Ireland
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry |707.4 |203.8 |108.0 |146.3 |1,165.5 |60.7 |17.5 |9.3 |12.6
Trade, industry, energy and employment |3,773.2 |660.0 |405.8 |770.6<1> |5,609.6 |67.3 |11.8 |7.2 |13.7
Roads and transport |3,904.7 |596.1 |338.8 |112.1 |4,951.7 |78.9 |12.0 |6.8 |2.3
Housing |2,120.3 |644.7 |172.8 |334.3 |3,272.1 |64.8 |19.7 |5.3 |10.2
Other environmental services |3,962.4 |647.0 |352.5 |259.0 |5,220.9 |75.9 |12.4 |6.8 |5.0
Law, order and protective services |5,741.0 |715.4 |309.4 |637.1 |7,402.9 |77.6 |9.7 |4.2 |8.6
Education and science |17,396.3 |2,604.3 |1,083.3 |852.8 |21,936.7 |79.3 |11.9 |4.9 |3.9
Arts and Libraries |795.0 |92.3 |41.9 |0.0 |292.2 |85.6 |9.9 |4.5 |0.0
Health and personal social services |21,789.2 |2,968.9 |1,390.9 |889.1 |27,038.1 |80.6 |11.0 |5.1 |3.3
Social security |40,270.9 |4,697.8 |2,745.9 |1,567.3 |49,281.9 |81.7 |9.5 |5.6 |3.2
Miscellaneous<2> |-57.1 |115.8 |40.1 |47.1 |145.9 |-39.1 |79.4 |27.5 |32.3
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |100,403.3|13,946.1 |6,989.4 |5,615.7 |126,954.5|79.1 |11.0 |5.5 |4.4
£ per head Index (United Kingdom
identifiable expenditure=100)
|England |Scotland |Wales |Northern |United |England |Scotland |Wales |Northern
|Ireland |Kingdom
Agriculture, fisheries, food and
forestry |14.9 |40.0 |37.8 |92.7 |20.4 |72.9 |195.9 |185.1 |453.9
Trade, industry, energy and
employment |79.4 |129.6 |142.0 |488.3<1> |98.3 |80.7 |131.8 |144.5 |496.7
Roads and transport |82.1 |117.0 |118.6 |71.0 |86.8 |94.7 |134.9 |136.7 |81.9
Housing |44.6 |126.6 |60.5 |211.8 |57.3 |77.8 |220.7 |105.5 |369.4
Other environmental services |83.4 |127.0 |123.4 |164.1 |91.5 |138.8 |134.9 |179.4
Law, order and protective
services |120.8 |140.4 |108.3 |403.7 |129.7 |93.1 |108.3 |83.5
Education and science |366.0 |511.2 |379.2 |540.4 |384.4 |95.2 |133.0 |98.6 |140.6
Arts and Libraries |16.7 |18.1 |14.7 |0.0 |16.3 |102.7 |111.3 |90.1 |0.0
Health and personal social
services |458.4 |582.8 |486.8 |563.4 |473.8 |96.7 |123.0 |102.8 |118.9
Social Security |847.2 |922.2 |961.1 |993.2 |863.6 |98.1 |106.8 |111.3 |115.0
Miscellaneous<2> |-1.2 |22.7 |14.0 |29.8 |2.6 |-47.0 |889.1 |549.0 |1,167.4
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |2,112.1 |2,737.8 |2,446.4 |3,558.5 |2,224.7 |94.9 |123.1 |110.0 |160.0
<1> Includes £390 million (£247 per head) for costs associated with the privatisation of Short Brothers plc.
<2> Expenditure includes net receipts of Land Registry in England and Wales and costs from the central administration of the offices of the
Secretaries of State.
Table 4b
Identifiable general government expenditure per head 1988-89
£ per head Index (United Kingdom
identifiable expenditure = 100)
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 14.9 40.0 37.8 92.7 20.4 72.9 195.9 185.1 453.9
Trade, industry, energy and employment 79.4 129.6 142.0 488.3 98.3 80.7 131.8 144.5 496.7
Roads and transport 82.1 117.0 118.6 71.0 86.8 94.7 134.9 136.7 81.9
Housing 44.6 126.6 60.5 211.8 57.3 77.8 220.7 105.5 369.4 Other environmental services 83.4 127.0 123.4 164.1 91.5 91.1 138.8 134.9 179.4
Law, order and protective services 120.8 140.4 108.3 403.7 129.7 93.1 108.3 83.5 311.2
Education and science 366.0 511.2 379.2 540.4 384.4 95.2 133.0 98.6 140.6
Arts and Libraries 16.7 18.1 14.7 0.0 16.3 102.7 111.3 90.1 0.0 Health and personal social services 458.4 582.8 486.8 563.4 473.8 96.7 123.0 102.8 118.9
Social security 847.2 922.2 961.1 993.2 863.6 98.1 106.8 111.3 115.0
Miscellaneous 1.2 22.7 14.0 29.8 2.6 47.0 889.1 549.0 1,167.4 Total-- 2,112.1 2,737.8 2,446.4 3,558.5 2,224.7 94.9 123.1 110.0 160.0
Includes £390 million (£247 per head) for costs associated with the privatisation of Short Brothers plc.
Expenditure includes net receipts of Land Registry in England and Wales and costs from the central administration of the offices of the Secretaries of State.
Table 5a
Identifiable general government expenditure 1989-90
£ million As a percentage of United Kingdom
identifiable expenditure
|England |Scotland |Wales |Northern |United |England |Scotland |Wales |Northern
|Ireland |Kingdom |Ireland
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, fisheries, food and
forestry |890.9 |220.2 |105.9 |182.7 |1,399.7 |63.6 |15.7 |7.6 |13.1
Trade, industry, energy and
employment |3,676.6 |648.9 |362.0 |<1>751.0 |5,438.5 |67.6 |11.9 |6.7 |13.8
Roads and transport |4,624.5 |696.9 |346.5 |130.8 |5,798.7 |79.8 |12.0 |6.0 |2.3
Housing |3,365.7 |645.1 |169.6 |267.2 |4,447.6 |75.7 |14.5 |3.8 |6.0
Other environmental services |5,310.6 |715.2 |449.6 |279.6 |6,755.0 |78.6 |10.6 |6.7 |4.1
Law, order and protective
services |6,482.2 |808.1 |329.1 |697.6 |8,317.0 |77.9 |9.7 |4.0 |8.4
Education and science |19,153.9 |2,825.4 |1,168.8 |940.0 |24,088.1 |79.5 |11.7 |4.9 |3.9
Arts and Libraries |910.6 |101.1 |48.5 |0.0 |1,060.2 |85.9 |9.5 |4.6 |0.0
Health and personal social
services |23,609.8 |3,267.8 |1,521.0 |961.6 |29,360.2 |80.4 |11.1 |5.2 |3.3
Social Security |42,616.6 |5,024.3 |2,907.3 |1,700.5 |52,248.7 |81.6 |9.6 |5.6 |3.3
Miscellaneous<2> |-1.7 |126.3 |49.7 |59.0 |233.3 |-0.7 |54.1 |21.3 |25.3
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |110,639.7|15,079.3 |7,458.0 |5,970.0 |139,147.0|79.5 |10.8 |5.4 |4.3
Table 5b
Identifiable public expenditure per head 1989-90
£ per head Index (United Kingdom
identifiable expenditure = 100)
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 18.7 43.3 36.9 115.4 24.5 76.4 176.9 150.7 471.9
Trade, industry, energy and employment 77.1 127.5 126.0 474.4 95.0 81.1 134.2 132.6 499.3
Roads and transport 97.0 136.9 120.6 82.6 101.3 95.7 135.1 119.0 81.6
Housing 70.6 126.7 59.0 168.8 77.7 90.8 163.1 76.0 217.2 Other environmental services 111.4 140.5 156.5 176.6 118.0 94.4 119.0 132.6 149.7
Column 457
Table 5b
Identifiable public expenditure per head 1989-90
£ per head Index (United Kingdom
identifiable expenditure=100)
|England |Scotland|Wales |Northern|United |England |Scotland|Wales |Northern
|Ireland |Kingdom
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, fisheries, food and
forestry |18.7 |43.3 |36.9 |115.4 |24.5 |76.4 |176.9 |150.7 |471.9
Trade, industry, energy and
employment |77.1 |127.5 |126.0 |<1>474.4|95.0 |81.1 |134.2 |132.6 |499.3
Roads and transport |97.0 |136.9 |120.6 |82.6 |101.3 |95.7 |135.1 |119.0 |81.6
Housing |70.6 |126.7 |59.0 |168.8 |77.7 |90.8 |163.1 |76.0 |217.2
Other environmental services |111.4 |140.5 |156.5 |176.6 |118.0 |94.4 |119.0 |132.6 |149.7
Law, order and protective
services |135.9 |158.7 |114.5 |440.7 |145.3 |93.5 |109.2 |78.8 |303.3
Education and science |401.6 |555.0 |406.8 |593.8 |420.9 |95.4 |131.9 |96.7 |141.1
Arts and Libraries |19.1 |19.9 |16.9 |0.0 |18.5 |103.1 |107.2 |91.1 |0.0
Health and personal social
services |495.1 |641.9 |529.4 |607.5 |513.0 |96.5 |125.1 |103.2 |118.4
Social Security |893.6 |987.0 |1,011.9 |1,074.2 |912.9 |97.9 |108.1 |110.8 |117.7
Miscellaneous<2> |0.0 |24.8 |17.3 |37.3 |4.1 |-0.9 |608.7 |424.4 |914.4
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |2,320.0 |2,962.1 |2,595.8 |3,771.3 |2,431.1 |95.4 |121.8 |106.8 |155.1
<1>Includes £305 million (£193 per head) for costs associated with the privatisation of Short Brothers plc.
<2>Expenditure includes net receipts of Land Registry in England and Wales and costs from the central administration of
the offices of the Secretaries of State.
Table 6 General government expenditure analysed by territorial area and function 1989-90<1>
Identifiable expenditure
England Scotland Programme Scotland Wales Programme Wales Northern Programme Northern Total Non United
(total) 15<2> other (total) 16<2> other Ireland 17<2> Ireland IdentifiedKingdom
(total) other<3>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Defence |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |20,680.7 |20,680.7
Overseas services |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |2,537.6 |2,537.6
Agriculture, fisheries, |890.9 |220.2 |202.7 |17.5 |105.9 |96.2 |9.7 |182.7 |179.2 |3.5 |1,399.7 |913.8 |2,313.5
food and forestry
Trade, Industry, energy |3,676.6 |648.9 |260.8 |388.1 |362.0 |167.5 |194.5 |751.0 |<4>751.0 |0.0 |5,438.5 |2,728.4 |8,166.9
and employment
Roads and transport |4,624.5 |696.9 |695.9 |1.0 |346.5 |346.5 |0.0 |130.8 |130.8 |0.0 |5,798.7 |1,071.5 |6,870.2
Housing |3,365.7 |645.1 |645.1 |0.0 |169.6 |169.6 |0.0 |267.2 |267.2 |0.0 |4,447.6 |0.0 |4,447.6
Other environmental services |5,310.6 |715.2 |709.4 |5.8 |449.6 |444.6 |5.0 |279.6 |279.6 |0.0 |6,755.0 |511.7 |7,266.7
and employment
Law, order and |6,482.2 |808.1 |775.1 |33.0 |329.1 |0.0 |329.1 |697.6 |666.2 |31.4 |8,317.0 |1,631.3 |9,948.3
protective services
Education and science<5> |19,153.9 |2,825.4 |2,547.5 |277.9 |1,168.8 |1,005.6 |163.2 |940.0 |940.0 |0.0 |24,088.1 |902.3 |24,990.4
Arts and libraries<5> |910.6 |101.1 |101.1 |0.0 |48.5 |48.5 |0.0 |0.0 |0.0 |0.0 |1,060.2 |188.5 |1,248.7
Health and personal |23,609.8 |3,267.8 |3,267.8 |0.0 |1,521.0 |1,521.0 |0.0 |961.6 |961.6 |0.0 |29,360.2 |40.2 |29,400.4
social services
Social security |42,616.6 |5,024.3 |0.0 |5,024.3 |2,907.3 |0.0 |2,907.3 |1,700.5 |1,687.9 |12.6 |52,248.7 |637.9 |52,886.6
Miscellaneous<6> |-1.7 |126.3 |126.3 |0.0 |49.7 |48.0 |1.7 |59.0 |59.0 |0.0 |233.3 |6,909.6 |7,142.9
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total expenditure |110,639.7|15,079.3 |9,331.7 |5,747.6 |7,458.0 |3,847.5 |3,610.5 |5,970.0 |5,922.5 |47.5 |139,147.0|38,753.5 |177,900.5
<1> Items included in general government expenditure but not included within total expenditure on programmes (privatisation proceeds, general government debt interest
and accounting adjustments) are treated as unidentified expenditure and not allocated to territories.
<2> Programmes 15, 16 and 17 relate to expenditure programmes in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland covered by the respective chapters of the 1990 public expenditure
White Paper (Cm 1015-1017).
<3> Responsibility for most expenditure in Northern Ireland rests with the Northern Ireland Office and Departments; this column includes certain expenditure in support
of the agriculture and fishing industries, the costs of the Northern Ireland Court Service and War Pensions payments.
<4> Includes £305 million for costs associated with the privatisation of Short Brothers plc.
<5> Expenditure on arts and libraries in Northern Ireland is included with education and science.
<6> Includes contributions to European Communities and expenditure associated with general maintenance of government, such as tax collection and population
registration.
Table 7a: General government expenditure<1> in Great Britain and Northern
Ireland, 1985-86 to 1989-90
£ million Index (United Kingdom
identifiable expenditure=100)
|Great |Northern |United |Great |Northern
|Britain |Ireland |Kingdom |Britain |Ireland
|identified
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1985-86 |107,277.2 |4,414.3 |111,691.5 |96.0 |4.0
1986-87 |113,847.9 |4,691.9 |118,539.8 |96.0 |4.0
1987-88 |120,706.2 |4,885.4 |125,591.6 |96.1 |3.9
1988-89 |126,387.4 |<2>5,645.5|132,032.9 |95.7 |4.3
1989-90 |138,807.6 |<3>6,004.3|144,811.9 |95.9 |4.1
Table 7b: General government expenditure per head<1> in Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, 1985-86 to 1989-90
£ per head Index (United Kingdom
identifiable expenditure=100)
|Great |Northern |United |Great |Northern
|Britain |Ireland |Kingdom |Britain |Ireland
|identified
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1985-86 |1,948.4 |2,833.7 |1,972.7 |98.8 |143.6
1986-87 |2,062.6 |3,013.8 |2,088.7 |98.8 |144.3
1987-88 |2,180.6 |3,101.6 |2,206.1 |98.8 |140.6
1988-89 |2,277.8 |<2>3,577.4|2,313.7 |98.4 |154.6
1989-90 |2,494.2 |<3>3,793.0|2,530.1 |98.6 |149.9
<1> The figures in these tables differ from those for identifiable
expenditure given in Tables 1-6 because their coverage is wider;
in particular some of the finance provided for nationalised industries is
included.
<2> Includes £390 million (£247 per head) for costs associated with the
privatisation of Short Brothers plc.
<3> Includes £305 million (£193 per head) for costs associated with the
privatisation of Short Brothers plc.
Advertising
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Mrs. Gillian Shephard [holding answer 11 December 1990] : Expenditure by the Treasury on promotional advertising is as follows :
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