§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table for each year since 1970 showing total public expenditure on housing, education, social security, personal social services, aid to industry and defence, at constant prices and as a percentage of production by the following industries: agriculture, forestry and fishery, mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, gas, electricity and water, transport, communication, distributive trades, insurance, banking, and finance and business services.
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§ Mr. Denzil DaviesThe information asked for is not available at constant prices. The ratios shown below are calculated at current prices. The output figures used cover only the value added in the industries and exclude the cost of materials and fuel and purchased services. The figure included for "aid to industry" is that shown in the statistics as for "Trade, industry and employment".
Certain public expenditure as a ratio of the output of certain industries per cent. 1970 … … … 38.3 1971 … … … 38.4 1972 … … … 38.4 1973 … … … 37.2 1974 … … … 41.1 1975 … … … 45.2