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Treasury

Answer

Mr. Byrne: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what (a) the gross domestic product (GDP), (b) his estimate of the output gap, (c) total public spending, (d) public spending per capita and (e) public spending as a proportion of regional GDP were for each English region, in each of the last five years. [220075] Mr. Boateng: The information is as follows: (a) Gross value added (GVA), a measure closely related to GDP (which is not available on a regional basis), for each English region for the calendar years 1999 to 2003 is published on the ONS website (www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme economy/ regionalGVA.pdf). (b) The output gap is currently only available on a national basis so regional figures do not exist. (c) Total public spending by region that can be identified as benefiting a particular region for 1998-99 to 2002-03 is published in table 8.1 of Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) 2004 (Cm6201). Public spending can be split into that which can be identified as benefiting a particular region and that which is for the benefit of the UK as a whole, for example defence spending. Therefore, the figures in PESA 2004 do not represent total England public spending, which is not available by region. (d) Total identifiable public spending by region, for the same years, on a per capita basis is shown in table 8.2 of PESA 2004 (Cm6201). (e) Public spending as a proportion of GVA (GDP) is not available as GVA is produced on a calendar year basis whereas identifiable public spending is produced according to financial years.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

431 c1809W;431 c1804-5W; 220075

Session

2004-05

Subjects

National income Public expenditure

Link

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