§ Dame Patricia Hornsby-Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what statistics he has regarding break-ins and burglaries in blocks of flats where the owners have installed main door push-button security systems to which tenants have to reply; what estimate he has made of the effect of the fact that in the absence of a reply the intruder can assume the flat is vacant; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. CarlislePush-button security systems provide additional security by restricting entry at main entrances as well as at flat entrances. Statistics are not, however, available on, nor has any esti-
Public expenditure* Gross domestic fixed capital formation by manufacturing industries Wages and salaries† Corporate profits‡ 1962 … … … … 26.9 4.6 63.6 16.8 1963 … … … … 26.7 3.9 62.7 17.8 1964 … … … … 27.4 4.2 62.7 18.0 1965 … … … … 28.0 4.5 62.7 17.5 1966 … … … … 29.3 4.6 63.7 15.9 1967 … … … … 31.2 4.2 62.7 16.5 1968 … … … … 30.9 4.3 62.7 16.0 1969 … … … … 29.9 4.7 63.5 14.7 1970 … … … … 30.2 4.9 64.5 13.5 1971 … … … … 30.7 4.4 64.6 13.6 The percentages in the first two columns are based on the expenditure estimate of GDP at factor cost; those in the last two columns on the income measure of GDP at factor cost. * Excluding transfer payments which do not contribute directly to the expenditure estimate of GDP. (A substantial part of public expenditure consists of transfer payments which imply final expenditure by the private sector, not the direct pre-emption of resources by the public sector.) † Including pay in cash and in kind of HM Forces. ‡ Gross trading profits of companies and gross trading surplus of public corporations after deducting stock appreciation.