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Public Expenditure

Answer

Data on public expenditure per head in Scotland and England since 2008-09 can be found in the following table.

Table 9.2 Total identifiable expenditure on services by country and region, per head 2008-09 to 2012-13
					£ per head					Index (UK identifiable expenditure = 100)
	National Statistics					National Statistics
	2008-09 outturn	2009-10 outturn	2010-11 outturn	2011-12 outturn	2012-13 outturn	2008-09 outturn	2009-10 outturn	2010-11 outturn	2011-12 outturn	2012-13 outturn
North East	8,930	9,547	9,583	9,189	9,419	110	110	110	106	107
North West	8,551	9,122	9,171	9,003	9,252	105	105	105	104	105
Yorkshire and the Humber	7,889	8,470	8,490	8,467	8,610	97	97	97	98	98
East Midlands	7,385	7,964	7,970	7,937	8,118	91	91	91	92	92
West Midlands	7,972	8,446	8,437	8,356	8,498	98	97	97	97	97
East	7,116	7,808	7,830	7,689	7,865	87	90	90	89	89
London	9,097	9,876	9,809	9,439	9,435	112	113	112	109	107
South East	7,070	7,514	7,554	7,440	7,638	87	86	86	86	87
South West	7,413	7,956	7,956	8,013	8,219	91	91	91	93	94
England	7,911	8,498	8,508	8,368	8,529	97	97	97	97	97
Scotland	9,332	9,841	9,868	9,941	10,152	115	113	113	115	116
Wales	8,955	9,504	9,612	9,710	9,709	110	109	110	113	110
Northern Ireland	9,996	10,506	10,572	10,665	10,876	123	121	121	124	124
UK identifiable expenditure	8,142	8,718	8,735	8,631	8,788	100	100	100	100	100

The information can be found in Table 9.2 in the Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2014 document[1].

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-expenditure-statistical-analyses-2014

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

HL1914

Session

2014-15

Subjects

Public expenditure Per capita costs

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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