 The Public Expenditure Control SystemPaul Cockle
Chapter 2 in Public Expenditure Policy, 1984–85, 1984, pp 20-39 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract Throughout history, controlling expenditure and raising the necessary counterbalancing revenues have been primary functions of government. In the United Kingdom, the Treasury where these functions now reside, is fond of tracing its origins back to the Witanagemot at least in its more pretentious moments. No doubt, an official historian with sufficient imagination could push the origins at least back to the court of King Arthur, if not beyond. Most of this volume is devoted to the expenditure control problem rather than to issues of revenue raising. Some of this chapter is devoted to the development of the public expenditure control system over the last 30 years. This is not because of a direct concern with this history in its own right — interesting though the subject is — but because the present day system itself is largely a product of historical accident, as existing controls had to be patched up and modified in changing circumstances. Keywords: Public Sector; White Paper; Public Expenditure; Public Spending; Interest Payment (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-17623-6_2 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-17623-6_2 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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