§ Mr. John Mooreasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1950 the gross national product per head of population in France, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the United States of America and Japan.
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesI assume that the hon. Member wishes to compare the gross national product per head of population for the countries listed by converting the estimates made in national currencies to a common unit of measurement. The use of official or market rates of exchange for this purpose can be very misleading, and estimates on the basis of purchasing power parities are available only for some of the countries listed for a limited number of years. The available information for the years 1950, 1967 and 1970—United States = 100—is given below. I also refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave on 14th April to the hon. Member for Dundee, East (Mr. Wilson) for the years 1972 to 1974—[Vol. 909, c. 610–12].
1950* 1967† 1970† United States … 100 100 100 France … 45 n.a. 75 Germany … 36 n.a. 75 Italy … 23 n.a. 46 United Kingdom … 56 61 60 Japan … n.a. 48 61 * Gross national product. † Gross domestic product. Source: A system of international comparisons of gross product and purchasing power, World Bank 1975, Tables 1.6, 14.4 and 14.9.
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§ Mr. Knoxasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the percentage of gross national product taken by central Government in each year since 1960 in the United Kingdom; and, from information available from international sources, if he will give the comparable figures for each of the other EEC countries, Canada and the United States of America.
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesI shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Knoxasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the percentage of the gross national product devoted to public expenditure in each year since 1960 in the United Kingdom; and, from information available from international sources, if he will give compar-
Percentage change on previous year Germany (Federal Republic) France Italy Netherlands* Belgium Luxembourg UK Irish Republic† Denmark 1951 … 10.9 6.0 n.a. 2.6 n.a. n.a. 2.3 1.4 -0.2 1952 … 9.0 2.5 4.5 2.0 n,a. n.a. -0.5 2.9 1.4 1953 … 7.9 3.1 7.5 8.7 n.a. n.a. 4.7 3.0 5.9 1954 … 7.1 4.8 3.6 6.8 3.8 n.a. 3.9 1.0 3.2 1955 … 11.8 5.8 6.7 7.4 4.8 n.a. 3.1 2.0 0.1 1956 … 6.9 5.0 4.8 3.7 2.8 n.a. 2.0 -1.4 2.2 1957 … 5.7 6.0 5.4 2.9 2.4 n.a. 2.1 0.6 5.1 1958 … 3.2 2.6 4.9 -0.3 .0.7 n.a. 0.9 -1.8 2.7 1959 … 7.0 2.9 6.6 4.9 2.2 n.a. 3.7 4.0 6.9 1960 … 8.8 7.1 6.3 8.4 5.5 n.a. 4.8 5.1 6.2 1961 … 5.6 5.7 8.2 2.0 5.0 3.5 3.3 4.9 6.4 1962 … 4.2 6.4 6.2 2.3 5.2 1.7 0.9 3.2 5.7 1963 … 3.4 5.4 5.6 2.3 4.4 1.9 4.0 4.9 0.6 1964 … 6.6 6.3 2.6 8.6 7.0 7.2 5.8 4.1 9.3 1965 … 5.5 5.9 3.2 5.3 3.6 2.0 2.2 2.1 4.6 1966 … 2.8 4.0 5.8 2.8 3.2 1.4 1.9 1.3 2.7 1967 … .0.4 4.8 7.0 5.3 3.9 0.2 2.5 5.3 4.2 1968 … 6.7 4.7 6.3 6.7 4.2 5.3 3.4 7.4 3.8 1969 … 7.8 7.0 5.7 6.8 6.6 7.7 1.1 6.9 8.6 1970 … 6.0 5.9 5.0 6.9 6.4 4.2 2.2 2.9 2.7 1971 … 3.1 5.4 1.6 4.4 4.0 0.6 2.5 3.6 3.4 1972 … 3.5 5.6 3.1 3.9 5.7 4.1 2.6 4.6 4.6 1973 … 4.8 5.6 6.3 4.3 6.2 7.5 5.5 5.2 3.3 1974 … 0.4 3.9 3.4 3.3 3.8 4.4 0.8 0.7 0.5 * Gross national product 1950 to 1963. † Gross national product 1950 to 1962. n.a. = not available. Sources:
OECD National Accounts of OECD Countries 1950"68, 1962"73.
Eurostat National Accounts Aggregates 1960–74.