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Mr. Timms: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish updated versions of tables 5A.4 and 5A.5 from the "Financial Statement and Budget Report 1997-98". [19125] Mr. Darling: The attached tables are an update of the tables included in the Financial Statement and Budget Report. The figures for 1997-98 and 1998-99 are based on the plans announced in November 1996 and revised to take account of any announced changes in spending plans including the Summer Winter Supplementary Estimates. These figures include: the £1.2 billion allocated to the NHS and the £1 billion allocated to schools for 1998-99 in the July Budget. the additional £300 million for patient services in the NHS for this year announced in October. the extra £190 million provision this year and next for pensioners' fuel bills announced in the Pre Budget Report. the effect of the abolition of nursery vouchers and the transfer of money to local authorities to fund their early year development plans. There are no figures for new plans for 1999-2000 and beyond as new plans will not be set until the completion of the Comprehensive Spending Review. In addition we have allocated substantial funds outside the Control Total; over £5 billion for the Welfare to Work programme and for investment in housing. the expected spending in 1997-98 and 1998-99 is shown in the following table. We have also announced a change in allocations from the National Lottery; £1 billion will be allocated over the next four years for the Government's priorities of health and education including spending on out of school activities and on National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts. Expenditure outside the Control Total £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997-98 1998-99 Spending by programme{1}: A New Deal for the under 25s unemployed over 100 700 six months A New Deal for people unemployed over two 0 100 years A New Deal for lone parents 0 25 Childcare{2} 0 40 A New Deal for Schools 100 300 Total expenditure 200 1,165 Capital Receipts Initiative 200 700 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Illustrative levels of spending based on current levels of unemployment. Actual provision for any particular year will be decided in the light of the number of eligible people and the effectiveness of the programme. {2} Including changes to Family Credit, and Out of School Clubs. Control total by department £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Outturn Plans 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 Defence (excluding married 22,910 22,757 22,562 21,517 22,345 21,660 22,250 quarters) MoD Married Quarters -- -- -- -- -962 -700 -- Foreign Office 1,242 1,244 1,263 1,339 1,059 1,100 1,070 Department for 2,126 2,235 2,385 2,338 2,343 2,210 2,320 International Development Agriculture, Fisheries and 2,186 2,937 2,445 2,827 4,205 3,740 3,400 Food Trade and 2,812 2,737 2,811 3,223 3,092 3,090 3,020 Industry--Programmes Trade and Industry--Nat 1,300 1,278 577 25 -394 -100 -180 Inds Export Cre Guar Department 117 -60 -26 16 15 10 -- DETR--Transport 6,557 5,959 5,974 4,619 4,838 5,220 4,590 DETR--Other 10,371 10,284 9,635 8,915 8,300 7,440 7,530 DETR--Local Government{1} 31,175 29,378 29,913 30,298 31,321 31,380 32,760 Memo: Education SSA{1} -- -- -- -- 17,764 17,840 19,380 Education and Employment{1} 10,762 13,616 14,364 14,449 14,494 14,090 13,360 Home Office 5,824 5,965 6,259 6,480 6,532 6,920 6,860 Legal Departments 2,334 2,415 2,585 2,684 2,749 2,710 2,680 Department for Culture, 1,005 977 978 1,026 978 890 910 Media and Sport Health 28,212 29,763 31,575 32,907 33,817 35,160 36,700 of which NHS 27,970 28,941 30,570 31,958 33,044 34,590 36,120 Social Security 61,130 67,091 69,457 72,748 76,970 80,060 83,910 Scotland{1} 12,723 13,580 14,082 14,312 14,490 14,500 14,590 Wales{1} 5,992 6,296 6,551 6,719 6,820 6,940 6,980 Northern Ireland{1} 6,606 7,108 7,426 7,717 8,030 8,230 8,330 Chancellors' Departments 3,478 3,393 3,329 3,288 3,201 3,180 3,130 Cabinet Office 1,012 1,054 966 1,248 1,214 1,050 1,350 European Communities 1,912 1,877 1,268 3,370 1,717 1,780 2,440 Local authority 8,815 7,999 10,718 12,887 12,718 13,100 13,600 self-financed expenditure Further EYF Takeup{2} -- -- -- -- -- 700 -- Reserve -- -- -- -- -- 1,400 2,000 Control total 230,602 239,885 247,098 254,952 259,893 265,800 273,500 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Education The £1 billion provided for schools in 1998-99 in the Budget has been added to support for local authorities and appear in the figures for DETR--Local Government, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Education SSA line shows central government's provision for a nominal "standard level of service" in education. The amount of money is a broad indicator of local authority spending on education; the final decisions are made by individual local authorities. The Education SSA line includes the 1998-99 money transferred to DETR--LG following the abolition of nursery vouchers. The spending plans for the Department of Education and Employment are reduced on 1997-98 and 1998-99 by the expected proceeds from sales of student loans (£1.6 billion in each year). The apparent reduction in spending between 1997-98 and 1998-99 principally consists of transfers to other departments including DETR--Local Government and DSS. There is a real terms increase in overall provision for education in 1998-99. {2} Further EYF Take-up This is the Treasury estimate of likely further take-up by departments before the end of 1997-98 of unspent provision carried forward from last year under the end-year flexibility rules. Some £450 million of EYF has already been taken up in the Winter Supplementary Estimates and is included in the departmental totals. Control Total by department in real terms (1996-97 prices) £ billion _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Outturn Plans 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 Defence (excluding married 25.3 24.4 23.8 22.1 22.3 21.1 21.1 quarters) MoD Married Quarters -- -- -- -- -1.0 -0.7 -- Foreign Office 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.0 Department for 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.2 International Development Agriculture, Fisheries and 2.4 3.1 2.6 2.9 4.2 3.6 3.2 Food Trade and 3.1 2.9 3.0 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.9 Industry--Programmes Trade and Industry--Nat 1.4 1.4 0.6 0.0 -0.4 -0.1 -0.2 Inds Export Cre Guar Dept. 0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DETR-Transport 7.2 6.4 6.3 4.7 4.8 5.1 4.3 DETR-Other 11.4 11.0 10.2 9.2 8.3 7.2 7.1 DETR-Local Government{1} 34.4 31.5 31.6 31.1 31.3 30.6 31.0 Memo: Education SSA{1} -- -- -- -- 17.8 17.4 18.4 Education and Employment{1} 11.9 14.6 15.2 14.9 14.5 13.7 12.7 Home Office 6.4 6.4 6.6 6.7 6.5 6.7 6.5 Legal Departments 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5 Dept. for Culture, Media 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 and Sport Health 31.1 31.9 33.3 33.8 33.8 34.2 34.8 of which NHS 30.9 31.0 32.3 32.8 33.0 33.7 34.2 Social Security 67.4 71.9 73.3 74.8 77.0 78.0 79.5 Scotland{1} 14.0 14.6 14.9 14.7 14.5 14.1 13.8 Wales{1} 6.6 6.7 6.9 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.6 Northern Ireland{1} 7.3 7.6 7.8 7.9 8.0 8.0 7.9 Chancellors' Departments 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.0 Cabinet Office 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.3 European Communities 2.1 2.0 1.3 3.5 1.7 1.7 2.3 Local authority 9.7 8.6 11.3 13.2 12.7 12.7 12.8 self-financed expenditure Further EYF Takeup{2} 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 Reserve 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.9 Control Total 254.4 257.1 260.9 262.0 259.9 258.8 259.1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

19125; 302 c568-72W

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Finance Education Energy NHS Pensioners Local government finance National Lottery Public expenditure Prices Welfare to work

Contains statistics

Yes