The Rt. Hon. Sir John Major KG CH

Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1990-1997

Chief Secretary (1987-1989)

Mr Major’s Written Parliamentary Answer on Government Expenditure – 23 February 1989

Below is the text of Mr Major’s written Parliamentary Answer on Government Expenditure on 23rd February 1989.


Mr. Janman To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the path of general Government expenditure over the period 1982–83 to the latest available date.

Mr. Yeo To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the path of general Government expenditure over the period 1982–83 to the latest available date.

Mr. Major I refer my hon. Friends to the reply I gave earlier today to my hon. Friend the Member for Wanstead and Woodford (Mr. Arbuthnot).