§ Mr. Hordernasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the proportion
PUBLIC SECTOR EXPENDITURE*EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AT MARKET PRICE Cmnd. 7049 basis† National accounts definitions Total public expenditure Goods and services: general government General government≑ Public corporations¶ General government‡ Certain public corporations§ 1972 … 38.4 0.3 22.8 41.6 4.5 1973 … 38.8 0.4 23.4 42.2 4.8 1974 … 43.6 0.9 25.5 47.7 6.0 1975 … 45.4 1.0 27.0 49.6 6.8 1976 … 43.8 1.0 26.1 47.7 6.9 * Excluding expenditure charged to the operating accounts of trading bodies. † Comparable with the financial year figures published in Table 7 of Cmnd. 7049-I but using national accounts data as in Table 2.4 of Financial Statistics. ‡ Includes government grants and loans to nationalised industries and some other public corporations. § The capital expenditure of the remaining corporations, as listed in the notes to Table 2.4 of Financial Statistics. ≑ Includes government grants and loans to all public corporations. ¶ Nationalised industries and all other public corporations.