Michael P. Kitt
Ceist:81 Mr. M. Kitt asked the Minister for Finance the total cost of running the country in each of the last five years. [4518/96]
Written Answers. - Central Government Spending.
Total central Government spending, representing current expenditure, that is, central fund services and gross current departmental spending, plus Exchequer-financed capital expenditure, gross exchequer PCP plus non-programme outlays, was as follows:—
|
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
|
|
Total Central Government Spending (£m) |
12,130 |
13,028 |
14,167 |
15,929 |
16,642 |
Notes:
1. The foregoing table does not take into account expenditure funded by the own resources of non-Central Government agencies (e.g. L.A's etc.).
2. The 1995 outturn data are provisional.
3. The 1996 data represent the underlying Budget-Day forecasts.