§ Mr. Ridleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish a table showing public expenditure, defined as in Command Paper No. 7049, as a percentage of (a) gross domestic product at factor cost, (b) gross domestic product at market prices, and (c) gross national product, from the earliest available year to 1977.
§ Mr. Joel Barnett:The table is below:
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AS DEFINED IN CMND. 7049 Percent Publicexpenditureasapercentageof: Gross domestic product at factor cost Gross domestic product at market prices Gross domestic product at market prices (a) (b) (c) 1959 37.7 33.3 32.9 1960 37.4 33.1 32.8 1961 38.0 33.8 33.5 1962 38.6 34.1 33.8 1963 38.4 34.0 33.6 1964 38.7 34.1 33.7 1965 401 35.2 34.7 1966 40.9 35.6 35.3 1967 44.8 39.0 38.7 1968 45.8 39.6 39.3 1969 44.6 37.9 37.5 1970 44.2 37.7 37.3 1971 43.7 37.7 37.4 1972 44.3 38.6 38.3 1973 44.4 39.1 38.4 1974 49.6 44.5 43.8 1975 52.1 46.9 46.5 1976 50.0 44.6 44.2 1977 46.8 41.1 41.0
§ Mr. Ridleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will give the successive definitions of public expenditure and general Government expenditure that have been used since 1973.
§ Mr. Joel Barnett:On public expenditure, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for St. Marylebone (Mr. Baker) on 30th January this year.-[Vol. 943, c. 29–30.] The successive definitions of general Government expenditure are published by 67W the Central Statistical Office each year in the notes to the"National income and Expenditure ". Before 1976 general government was known in this publication as combined public authorities.
§ Mr. Ridleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish a table showing public expenditure, as defined before Command Paper No. 6721, as a percentage of (a) gross domestic product at factor cost, (b) gross domestic product at market prices, and (c) gross national product from 1945 to 1977.
§ Mr. Joel Barnett:The table is below:
Percent. Public expenditure as a percentage of: Gross domestic product at factor cost Gross domestic product at market prices Gross national product at market prices (a) (b) (c) 1946 52.0 45.9 45.5 1947 46.3 40.5 39.9 1948 44.4 39.0 38.2 1949 44.0 38.8 38.1 1950 42.9 37.6 36.5 1951 46.2 40.5 39.5 1952 46.7 41.1 40.5 1953 45.0 39.7 39.1 1954 42.2 37.3 36.7 1955 41.8 36.8 36.5 1956 41.0 36.2 35.8 1957 40.8 36.0 35.6 1958 40.9 361 35.7 1959 41.2 36.4 36.0 1960 41.4 36.7 36.4 1961 42.4 37.7 37.4 1962 43.4 38.4 38.0 1963 43.2 38.2 37.7 1964 43.5 38.4 37.9 1965 45.1 39.5 390 1966 46.0 40.1 39.7 1967 49.9 43.5 43.0 1968 50.8 43.9 43.6 1969 49.9 42.4 42.0 1970 50.0 42.6 42.2 1971 49.2 42.4 42.0 1972 49.3 42.9 42.6 1973 50.5 44.4 43.7 1974 57.3 51.4 50.6 1975 59.3 53.3 52.9 1976 57.7 51.6 51.0 1977 54.3 47.7 47.5
§ Mr. Ridleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish a table showing public expenditure, defined as in Command Paper No. 6721, as a percentage of (a) gross domestic product at factor cost, (b) gross domestic product at market prices, and (c) gross national product from the earliest available date to 1977.
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§ Mr. Joel Barnett:The table is below:
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AS DEFINED IN CMND. 6721 Per cent. Public expenditure as a percentage of: Gross domestic product at factor cost Gross domestic product at market prices Gross national product at market prices (a) (b) (c) 1959 37.8 33.4 33.0 1960 37.4 33.2 32.9 1961 38.0 33.8 33.5 1962 38.7 34.2 33.8 1963 38.5 34.1 33.7 1964 38.7 34.1 33.7 1965 40.2 35.2 34.8 1966 41.0 35.7 35.4 1967 44.9 39.1 38.7 1968 45.9 39.7 39.4 1969 44.7 38'0 37.6 1970 44.3 37.7 37.3 1971 43.8 37.8 37.5 1972 44.4 38.7 38.4 1973 44.5 39.2 38.5 1974 49.7 44.6 43.9 1975 52.3 47.0 46.6 1976 50.1 44.8 44.3 1977 46.9 41.2 41.1