§ 97. Sir C. Osborneasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give in column form the total national and local government expenditure, respectively, for each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. Diamond
Total Government expenditure Central government Local authorities £ million 1957 … … 5,776 1,874 1958 … … 6,066 1,939 1959 … … 6,449 2,088 1960 … … 6,744 2,251 1961 … … 7,305 2,578 1962 … … 7,573 2,866 1963 … … 7,882 3.142 1964 … … 8,431 3,639 1965 … … 9,288 4,075 1966 … … 10,132 4,354 The figures cover total current and capital expenditure, including goods and service, subsidies, grants, loans and debt interest. They exclude, however, central government grants and loans to local authorities and debt interest paid by local authorities to central Government.