§ Mr. Nottasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will show public authorities' current expenditure on goods and services plus gross fixed capital formation of public authorities and public corporations as a percentage of gross domestic product, all at 1958 prices, for each year from 1946.
§ Mr. DiamondThe following table shows public authorities' current expenditure on goods and services plus gross domestic fixed capital formation of public authorities and public corporations as a percentage of gross domestic product at 1958 factor cost for the years 1948 to 1965:
I regret that figures for 1946 and 1947 are not available.
Public Sector Expenditure on Goods and Services (Current and Capital) as a Percentage of Gross Domestic Product. Per cent. 1948 … … … 25.8 1949 … … … 27.0 1950 … … … 26.5 1951 … … … 27.6 1952 … … … 30.2 1953 … … … 30.3 1954 … … … 29.1 1955 … … … 27.3 1956 … … … 26.6 1957 … … … 26.1 1958 … … … 25.6 1959 … … … 25.7 1960 … … … 25.0 1961 … … … 25.3 1962 … … … 26.0 1963 … … … 25.7 1964 … … … 25.9 1965 … … … 26.3