The Rt. Hon. Sir John Major KG CH

Tag: 1987

  • Mr Major’s Written Parliamentary Answer on Housing Expenditure – 20 November 1987

    Below is the text of Mr Major’s written Parliamentary Answer on Housing Expenditure on 20th November 1987.

    Mr. McAllion To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the projected level of public expenditure on housing for 1987-88 compared with 1979, expressed at current prices.

    Mr. Major The table compares the estimated outturn of public expenditure on housing in Great Britain for 1987-88 with the outturn of expenditure for 1978-79 expressed at 1987-88 prices.

    Housing Expenditure in Great Britain (in £ million)
    Year | Gross Capital | Current (1)
    1978-79 (2) | 6,434 | 3,493
    1987-88 | 4,704 | 1,524

    (1) Figures include Rate Fund Contribution and non-Housing Revenue Account expenditure.
    (2) 1987-88 prices using GDP deflator.

  • Mr Major’s Written Parliamentary Answer on Unit Labour Costs – 19 November 1987

    Below is the text of Mr Major’s written Parliamentary Answer on Unit Labour Costs on 19th November 1987.

    Mr. John Marshall To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the latest figures for the growth of unit labour costs in the United Kingdom.

    Mr. Major In the second quarter of 1987 unit labour costs for the whole economy were 4 per cent. higher than a year earlier. Manufacturing unit wage costs were 1.5 per cent. higher than a year earlier in the third quarter of 1987.

  • Mr Major’s Written Parliamentary Answer on Public Borrowing – 19 November 1987

    Below is the text of Mr Major’s written Parliamentary Answer on Public Borrowing on 19th November 1987.

    Mr. Heathcoat-Amory To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the main factors currently influencing the level of public borrowing in the United Kingdom.

    Mr. Major Buoyant tax revenues from a healthy growing economy and success in containing public expenditure within plans mean that the public sector borrowing requirement for 1987-88 is now forecast to be over £2 billion lower than in 1986-87.

  • Mr Major’s Written Parliamentary Answer on Industrial Production – 19 November 1987

    Below is the text of Mr Major’s written Parliamentary Answer on Industrial Production on 19th November 1987.

    Mr. John Evans To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest estimate of the level of industrial production; and how this compares with June 1979.

    Mr. Major The index of output of the production industries was 113.8 in September 1987. In June 1979 it stood at 111.1.

  • Mr Major’s Written Parliamentary Answer on the National Economic Development Council – 17 November 1987

    Below is the text of Mr Major’s written Parliamentary Answer on the National Economic Development Council on 17th November 1987.

    Ms. Richardson To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has any plans to change the criteria for selection of members of the National Economic Development Council.

    Mr. Major [holding answer 16 November 1987]: No.

  • Mr Major’s Written Parliamentary Answer on Disposable Income – 17 November 1987

    Below is the text of Mr Major’s written Parliamentary Answer on Disposable Income on 17th November 1987.

    Mr. Nicholas Bennett To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the latest estimate of per capita disposable income for each region in the United Kingdom.

    Mr. Major I refer my hon. Friend to the regional accounts for 1985, published in chapter 10 of “Regional Trends 1987”, a copy of which is available in the House of Commons Library. Regional accounts for 1986, together with revised estimates for 1985, will be published in the November 1987 issue of “Economic Trends” on 16 December 1987.

  • Mr Major’s Written Parliamentary Answer on Expenditure Statistics – 13 November 1987

    Below is the text of Mr Major’s written Parliamentary Answer on Expenditure Statistics on 13th November 1987.

    Mr. Gordon Brown To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of expenditure in the latest year for which figures are available on(a) food, (b) fuel, (c) children’s clothes and shoes, (d) books, newspapers and periodicals, (e) bus fares, (f) new house building and (g) funerals.

    Mr. Major [holding answer, 12 November 1987] Some estimates of expenditure on the categories requested are compiled in the context of personal sector transactions recorded in national accounts, covering years up to 1986 and published in the 1987 edition of the United Kingdom national accounts, the ‘CSO Blue Book’. Total expenditure, which would include purchases by other sectors (for example, businesses) is not available.

    Current and constant price estimates for expenditure on food, fuel and power, clothing and footwear, books, newspapers and magazines and buses and coaches are available from tables 4.7 and 4.8 of the CSO Blue Book. Spending on children’s clothes and shoes is not separately identified. Current price estimates up to 1986 for expenditure on dwellings (excluding existing dwellings and land) are available from tables 12.1 and 12.3 of the CSO Blue Book.

    The CSO Blue Book does not contain estimates of expenditure on funerals but available information suggests that undertakers’ charges amounted to about £240 million at current prices in 1986.

  • Mr Major’s Written Parliamentary Answer on Public Expenditure – 13 November 1987

    Below is the text of Mr Major’s written Parliamentary Answer on Public Expenditure on 13th November 1987.

    Mr. Blunkett Asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the proposed cash increase in public expenditure which he announced on Tuesday 3 November is available to fund new services or facilities, taking into account (a) inflation, (b) pay awards, (c) commitments entered into or spending already being undertaken, over and above the previous public expenditure predictions on which his announcement was based, (d) “overspend” already taking place, (e) demographic changes and (f) announcements of increases made previously by him or other Ministers.

    Mr. Major [holding answer, 9 November 1987] The plans published in the Autumn Statement represent increases of about 5 per cent. a year in cash terms in general Government expenditure (excluding privatisation proceeds) between 1986-87 and 1990-91. Excluding the expected effects of general inflation, as measured by the GDP deflator, the real increase is about 1.25 per cent. a year. These plans will enable significant improvements in services and new initiatives in the Government’s priority areas, including the NHS, inner cities, education and prison building, while at the same time reducing the proportion of national income devoted to public expenditure. The precise extent to which these cash plans fund new or improved services will depend on the extent to which public sector managers achieve moderate pay settlements or are able to generate additional resources by securing improvements in value for money.

  • Mr Major’s Written Parliamentary Answer on Diplomats – 9 November 1987

    Below is the text of Mr Major’s written Parliamentary Answer on Diplomats on 9th November 1987.

    Mr. Rooker Asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the contributions paid by each grouping of foreign diplomats to the cost of local authority services for the latest convenient period; how contributions are fixed; and what arrears are outstanding from any grouping.

    Mr. Major [holding answer 5 November 1987]: I regret that this information cannot be provided without disproportionate cost.

  • Mr Major’s Written Parliamentary Answer on Empty Government Property – 4 November 1987

    Below is the text of Mr Major’s written Parliamentary Answer on Empty Government Property on 4th November 1987.

    Mr. Rogers Asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of Government-owned houses and flats have been empty for more than six months.

    Mr. Major I regret that this information cannot be provided without disproportionate cost.