Select Committee on Communities and Local Government Committee Written Evidence

House of Commons Scrutiny Unit analysis of data provided by the Department of Communities and Local Government in supplementary memorandum RG 32(d) (RG 32(i))

TOTAL EXPENDITURE ON SERVICES BY REGION, 2004-05

	Accruals, £ million Total
London	55,939
North West	47,312
South East	45,609
West Midlands	33,559
Yorkshire and Humberside	32,063
Eastern	30,779
South West	30,036
East Midlands	25,099
North East	18,242

Source: Scrutiny Unit analysis of data extracted from Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2006, HM Treasury, May 2006, Cm6811.

PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN TOTAL EXPENDITURE ON SERVICES BY REGION, 2000-01 TO 2004-05

	Total %
London	45
Eastern	41
South East	41
East Midlands	40
West Midlands	39
North East	37
Yorkshire and Humberside	35
South West	35
North West	34

Source: Scrutiny Unit analysis of data extracted from Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2006, HM Treasury, May 2006, Cm6811.

TOTAL EXPENDITURE ON SERVICES BY REGION, PER HEAD, 2004-05

	Accruals, £ Total
London	7,530
North East	7,167
North West	6,930
Yorkshire and Humberside	6,363
England	6,361
West Midlands	6,291
South West	5,962
East Midlands	5,865
South East	5,624
Eastern	5,605

Source: Scrutiny Unit analysis of data extracted from Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2006, HM Treasury, May 2006, Cm6811.

PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN TOTAL EXPENDITURE ON SERVICES BY REGION, PER HEAD, 2000-01 TO 2004-05

	Total %
London	41
South East	39
Eastern	38
West Midlands	38
East Midlands	37
North East	37
England	37
North West	33
Yorkshire and Humberside	33
South West	31

Source: Scrutiny Unit analysis of data extracted from Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2006, HM Treasury, May 2006, Cm6811.

EXPENDITURE ON ENTERPRISE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY REGION, 2004-05

	Accruals, £ million Enterprise and economic development
North West	1,213
Yorkshire and Humberside	735
West Midlands	539
North East	538
South East	454
East Midlands	410
South West	384
London	265
Eastern	264

Source: Scrutiny Unit analysis of data extracted from Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2006, HM Treasury, May 2006, Cm6811.

PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN EXPENDITURE ON ENTERPRISE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY REGION, 2000-01 to 2004-05

	Enterprise and economic development %
North East	97
Yorkshire and Humberside	87
East Midlands	69
West Midlands	55
North West	38
South East	38
South West	36
Eastern	6
London	-27

Source: Scrutiny Unit analysis of data extracted from Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2006, HM Treasury, May 2006, Cm6811.

EXPENDITURE ON ENTERPRISE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY REGION, PER HEAD, 2004-05

	Accruals, £ Enterprise and economic development
North East	211
North West	178
Yorkshire and Humberside	146
West Midlands	101
East Midlands	96
England	96
South West	76
South East	56
Eastern	48
London	36

Source: Scrutiny Unit analysis of data extracted from Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2006, HM Treasury, May 2006, Cm6811.

PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN EXPENDITURE ON ENTERPRISE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY REGION, PER HEAD, 2000-01 to 2004-05

	Enterprise and economic development %
North East	97
Yorkshire and Humberside	85
East Midlands	66
West Midlands	53
England	41
North West	37
South East	37
South West	33
Eastern	4
London	-29

Source: Scrutiny Unit analysis of data extracted from Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2006, HM Treasury, May 2006, Cm6811.

"PRODUCTIVE SPENDING" BY REGION, 2004-05

	Accruals, £ million productive spending
London	6,825
North West	3,609
South East	3,307
West Midlands	2,327
Yorkshire and Humberside	2,114
Eastern	2,104
South West	1,818
East Midlands	1,742
North East	1,209

Source: Scrutiny Unit analysis of data extracted from Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2006, HM Treasury, May 2006, Cm6811.

"Productive spending" includes science and technology, transport, housing and recreation/culture.

PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN "PRODUCTIVE SPENDING" BY REGION, 2000-01 TO 2004-05

	Productive Spending %
London	63
West Midlands	61
East Midlands	61
South East	56
North West	53
North East	49
Yorkshire and Humberside	48
Eastern	46
South West	36

Source: Scrutiny Unit analysis of data extracted from Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2006, HM Treasury, May 2006, Cm6811.

"Productive spending" includes science and technology, transport, housing and recreation/culture.

"PRODUCTIVE SPENDING" BY REGION, PER HEAD, 2004-05

	Accruals, £ Productive Spending
London	918
North West	528
England	501
North East	476
West Midlands	436
Yorkshire and Humberside	421
East Midlands	408
South East	408
Eastern	384
South West	362

Source: Scrutiny Unit analysis of data extracted from Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2006, HM Treasury, May 2006, Cm6811.

"Productive spending" includes science and technology, transport, housing and recreation/culture.

PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN "PRODUCTIVE SPENDING" BY REGION, PER HEAD, 2000-01 TO 2004-05

	Productive Spending %
West Midlands	59
London	59
East Midlands	57
South East	54
England	52
North West	52
North East	49
Yorkshire and Humberside	46
Eastern	43
South West	34

Source: Scrutiny Unit analysis of data extracted from Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2006, HM Treasury, May 2006, Cm6811.

"Productive spending" includes science and technology, transport, housing and recreation/culture.

"COMPENSATORY SPENDING" BY REGION, 2004-05

	Accruals, £ million Compensatory Spending
London	48,455
North West	42,056
South East	41,352
West Midlands	30,303
Yorkshire and Humberside	28,721
Eastern	27,853
South West	27,097
East Midlands	22,483
North East	16,285

Source: Scrutiny Unit analysis of data extracted from Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2006, HM Treasury, May 2006, Cm6811.

"Compensatory spending" includes general public services, public order/safety, employment, environmental protection, health, education and training and social protection.

PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN "COMPENSATORY SPENDING" BY REGION, 2000-01 TO 2004-05

	Compensatory Spending %
London	43
Eastern	41
South East	40
East Midlands	39
West Midlands	38
South West	36
Yorkshire and Humberside	35
North East	35
North West	33

Source: Scrutiny Unit analysis of data extracted from Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2006, HM Treasury, May 2006, Cm6811.

"Compensatory spending" includes general public services, public order/safety, employment, environmental protection, health, education and training and social protection.

"COMPENSATORY SPENDING" BY REGION, PER HEAD, 2004-05

	Accruals, £ Compensatory Spending
London	6,523
North East	6,399
North West	6,160
Yorkshire and Humberside	5,701
England	5,683
West Midlands	5,681
South West	5,378
East Midlands	5,253
South East	5,099
Eastern	5,073
Source: Scrutiny Unit analysis of data extracted from Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2006, HM Treasury, May 2006, Cm6811. "Compensatory spending" includes general public services, public order/safety, employment, environmental protection, health, education and training and social protection.

PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN "COMPENSATORY SPENDING" BY REGION, PER HEAD, 2000-01 TO 2004-05

	Compensatory Spending %
London	39
Eastern	38
South East	38
West Midlands	36
England	36
East Midlands	35
North East	34
Yorkshire and Humberside	33
South West	33
North West	32

Source: Scrutiny Unit analysis of data extracted from Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2006, HM Treasury, May 2006, Cm6811.

"Compensatory spending" includes general public services, public order/safety, employment, environmental protection, health, education and training and social protection.

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Prepared 14 March 2007