§ Mr. Whitakerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the percentage proportion of gross national product, or any other comparable yardstick, spent in 1964 and 1968, respectively, on education, health, housing, social security, defence and overseas aid.
§ Mr. TaverneFigures for 1968 are not yet available and the table below therefore relates to 1964 and 1967; the services are defined as for Table 53 of National Income and Expenditure 1968, except for overseas aid which is defined as in the "Treasury analysis of public expenditure" in the same publication.
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AS A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT AT FACTOR COST 1964 1967 Education 4.8 5.7 National health service 3.9 4.5 Housing 2.8 3.3 Social security benefits 7.2 8.4 Military defence 6.8 7.0 Overseas aid 0.7 0.6