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    Sources for Public Spending Data Series

    by Christopher Chantrill
    December 29, 2008

    THE FOLLOWING table specifies the sources of public spending data for each range of years for which ukpublicspending.co.uk provides public spending data.

    United Kingdom Central Government and Local Authority Spending
    Sources of Spending Data
    YearCentral Government
    Spending     		General Government
    Spending     		Local Authority
    Spending
    All years Gross Domestic Product: Measuring Worth - U.K. GDP
    2011

    thru

    2009     		planned
    Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis 2008
    Table 6.5 Central government expenditure on services by sub-function, 2002-03 to 2010-11
    and
    Table 8.3 Public corporations' capital expenditure, 2002-03 to 2010-11     		guesstimated
    by
    ukpublicspending.co.uk
    2008 estimated outturn
    Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis 2008
    Table 6.5 Central government expenditure on services by sub-function, 2002-03 to 2010-11
    and
    Table 8.3 Public corporations' capital expenditure, 2002-03 to 2010-11     		estimated outturn
    Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis 2008
    Table 7.6 Local Authority current and capital expenditure on services in the United Kingdom by COFOG, 2002-03 to 2007-08
    2007

    thru

    2003     		outturn
    Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis 2008
    Table 6.5 Central government expenditure on services by sub-function, 2002-03 to 2010-11
    and
    Table 8.3 Public corporations' capital expenditure, 2002-03 to 2010-11     		outturn
    Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis 2008
    Table 7.6 Local Authority current and capital expenditure on services in the United Kingdom by COFOG, 2002-03 to 2007-08
    2002

    thru

    1999     		outturn
    Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis 2004
    Table 4.5 Central government own expenditure on services by function, 1998-99 to 2005-06
    and
    Table 7.3 Public corporations’ capital expenditure 1998-99 to 2005-06     		outturn
    Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis 2004
    Table 6.6 - Local authority current and capital expenditure in the United Kingdom by function, 1998-99 to 2003-04
    1998

    thru

    1995     		outturn
    Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis 2001
    Table 5.2 Central government own expenditure by function, 1994-95 to 2001-02
    and
    Table 7.3 Capital Expenditure of Public Corporations, 1994-95 to 2001-02     		outturn
    Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis 2001
    Table 6.2 Local authority current and capital expenditure in the United Kingdom by department, 1994-95 to 1999-2000
    1994

    thru

    1983     		outturn
    Public Expenditure - Statistical Analyses 1998-99

    and
    Table 3.2 General government expenditure by function, 1982-83 to 1997-98
    1982

    thru

    1972     		outturn
    Central Statistical Office, National Income and Expenditure 1983
    Table 9.4 Analysis of Total Expenditure
    1971

    thru

    1961     		outturn
    Central Statistical Office, National Income and Expenditure 1972
    Table 49 Analysis of Public Expenditure 1961-1971
    1960

    thru

    1951     		outturn
    Central Statistical Office, National Income and Expenditure 1962
    Table 44 Analysis of Expenditure, Combined Public Authorities
    Table 43 Combined capital and current account (Combined Public Authorities)
    Table 35 Analysis of capital accounts (Public Corporations)
    and
    Central Statistical Office, National Income and Expenditure 1956
    Table 36 Analysis of capital accounts (Public Corporations)
    1950

    thru

    1900     		outturn
    Derivation of UK Public Spending for 1900 - 1950     		outturn
    Derivation of UK Public Spending for 1900 - 1950
    1899

    thru

    1692     		outturn
    B.R. Mitchell, British Historical Statistics     		outturn
    B.R. Mitchell, British Historical Statistics

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