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Consultants
Mr. Milburn: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the amount spent on external consultants by his Department's non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years. [10178]
Mrs. Angela Knight [holding answer 13 January 1997]: The amount spent on external consultants by the Chancellor's non-departmental public bodies for the period in question is shown in the table:
| Year | £ |
|---|---|
| 1991-92 | 761,703 |
| 1992-93 | 1,378,560 |
| 1993-94 | 1,858,776 |
| 1994-95 | 1,328,711 |
| 1995-96 | 932,640 |
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Mr. Milburn: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the actions his Department has taken on each of the recommendations contained in the Cabinet Office report, "The Government's Use of External Consultants". [10179]
Mrs. Knight [holding answer 13 January 1997]: The Treasury has taken, or is taking, all the actions necessary to comply with the report both as a central Department and as a user of consultants.
Gross Domestic Product
Mr. Meacher: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the level of United Kingdom gross domestic product for each year since 1970 at (a) current prices and (b) 1996-97 prices; and what was the percentage annual change each year at constant 1996-97 prices. [10758]
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Mrs. Angela Knight [holding answer 13 January 1997]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
| At current prices | At 1990 prices | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At market prices | At factor cost | ||||||||
| Gross domestic product "Money GDP" | Net property income from abroad | Gross national product | less Factor cost adjustment(24) | Gross domestic product(25) | Gross national product(26) | Gross domestic product at market prices | less factor cost adjustment(27) | Gross domestic product at factor cost | |
| CAOB | AIMD | GIBF | DIAA | CAOM | GIBD | CAOO | DIAS | CAOP | |
| 1988 | 471,430 | 4,566 | 475,996 | 70,002 | 401,428 | 405,994 | 537,215 | 71,469 | 465,746 |
| 1989 | 515,957 | 3,502 | 519,459 | 74,198 | 441,759 | 445,261 | 548,940 | 72,712 | 476,228 |
| 1990 | 551,118 | 1,269 | 552,387 | 72,232 | 478,886 | 480,155 | 551,118 | 72,232 | 478,886 |
| 1991 | 575,674 | 150 | 575,824 | 79,421 | 496,253 | 496,403 | 540,308 | 71,395 | 468,913 |
| 1992 | 598,916 | 3,124 | 602,040 | 80,784 | 518,132 | 521,256 | 537,448 | 70,992 | 466,456 |
| 1993 | 631,158 | 2,197 | 633,355 | 83,133 | 548,025 | 550,222 | 548,947 | 71,822 | 477,125 |
| 1994 | 668,255 | 8,691 | 676,946 | 89,078 | 579,177 | 587,868 | 570,290 | 73,913 | 496,377 |
| 1995 | 700,890 | 9,572 | 710,462 | 96,631 | 604,259 | 613,831 | 584,340 | 75,533 | 508,807 |
| Seasonally adjusted | |||||||||
| 1993 | |||||||||
| Q1 | 154,499 | 423 | 154,922 | 20,848 | 133,651 | 134,074 | 136,067 | 18,004 | 118,063 |
| Q2 | 156,353 | 714 | 157,067 | 20,379 | 135,974 | 136,688 | 136,421 | 17,792 | 118,629 |
| Q3 | 159,746 | 580 | 160,326 | 20,820 | 138,926 | 139,506 | 137,783 | 17,992 | 119,791 |
| Q4 | 160,560 | 480 | 161,040 | 21,086 | 139,474 | 139,954 | 138,676 | 18,034 | 120,642 |
| 1994 | |||||||||
| Q1 | 163,441 | 2,528 | 165,969 | 21,517 | 141,924 | 144,452 | 140,301 | 18,199 | 122,102 |
| Q2 | 165,760 | 2,231 | 167,991 | 22,064 | 143,696 | 145,927 | 142,029 | 18,371 | 123,658 |
| Q3 | 168,773 | 2,071 | 170,844 | 22,468 | 146,305 | 148,376 | 143,425 | 18,580 | 124,845 |
| Q4 | 170,281 | 1,861 | 172,142 | 23,029 | 147,252 | 149,113 | 144,535 | 18,763 | 125,772 |
| 1995 | |||||||||
| Q1 | 172,513 | 1,754 | 174,267 | 23,720 | 148,793 | 150,547 | 145,079 | 18,811 | 126,268 |
| Q2 | 174,659 | 2,512 | 177,171 | 23,930 | 150,729 | 153,241 | 145,693 | 18,882 | 126,811 |
| Q3 | 175,933 | 2,571 | 178,504 | 24,269 | 151,664 | 154,235 | 146,503 | 18,900 | 127,603 |
| Q4 | 177,785 | 2,735 | 180,520 | 24,712 | 153,073 | 155,808 | 147,065 | 18,940 | 128,125 |
| 1996 | |||||||||
| Q1 | 179,559 | 3,039 | 182,598 | 24,957 | 154,602 | 157,641 | 147,668 | 18,986 | 128,682 |
| Q2 | 181,808 | 3,654 | 185,462 | 25,267 | 156,541 | 160,195 | 148,472 | 19,090 | 129,382 |
| Q3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Percentage change, latest year on previous year | |||||||||
| 1995 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 8.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.5 | |
| Percentage change, latest quarter on previous quarter | |||||||||
| 1996 | |||||||||
| Q2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Percentage change, latest quarter on corresponding quarter of previous year | |||||||||
| 1996 | |||||||||
| Q2 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 2.0 | |
(23) Estimates are given to the nearest £ million and in case of indices to one decimal place but cannot be regarded as accurate to this degree. Estimates at current market prices are affected by the abolition of domestic rates and the introduction of the community charge.
(24) Equals taxes on expenditure less subsidies.
(25) The factor cost estimate of GDP is obtained from the market price estimate by subtracting the factor cost adjustment.
(26) Gross national product equals Gross domestic product plus Net property income from abroad.
(27) Represents Taxes on expenditure less Subsidies both valued at 1990 prices.
Data in this table update those contained in ONS Blue Book table 1.1.
Some additional quarterly data are available on the ONS's Databank. These data can also be provided on paper--for details see notes on additional data.
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EU Contributions
Mr. Mike O'Brien: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the United Kingdom's net contribution to the European Union for 1995-96; and what factors underlie the discrepancies between this figure and the estimate of the European Union Court of Auditors. [10234]
Mr. Oppenheim [holding answer 13 January 1997]: The Treasury estimates the United Kingdom's net contribution to the European Community budget in the financial year 1995-96 to be £3,852 million. However, since this figure relates to a UK financial year while the European Court of Auditors' report provides calendar year data, the two are not directly comparable. The Treasury estimate of our net contribution to the European Community in the calendar year 1995 is £4,017 million. This compares with the figure of £3,866 million in the Court of Auditors report--assuming an exchange rate of £1=1.2211 ecu. One of the main reasons for the difference is that the Court of Auditors' figures include payments by the Community direct to the UK private sector which are not to be taken into account in the Treasury's estimate which relates to UK public sector transactions. There may also have been differences in the years to which particular public sector transactions near to year-end were scored. A fuller explanation of the differences between the two figures will be included in the Government's White Paper statement on the 1997 EC Budget.
Duty Free Allowance
Sir Irvine Patnick: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department is taking to maintain the duty free allowance. [10327]
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Mr. Oppenheim: Duty free sales for intra-EU travel would have ceased on 1 January 1993 with the introduction of the single market. However, the decision to allow such sales to continue until 30 June 1999 was taken by the Council of Finance Ministers, including the then British Chancellor, towards the end of 1991. The UK supported this measure because additional time to remove an anomaly in the single market would permit the various trade interests time to make adjustments to their businesses. At this stage, there is no reason to change the underlying analysis.
Duty free sales for travel outside the EU will continue after 30 June 1999.
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