§ Mr. John Mooreasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report figures showing for each EEC country, the United States of America, Canada and Japan, for the latest available year, the proportions of national income represented by (a) direct public expenditure, and (b) total public expenditure.
§ Mr. Joel Barnett, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 6 February 1979], gave the following information:
Figures for general government expenditure are given below for 1976, the latest year for which information is available.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE AS A PROPORTION OF NATIONAL INCOME AT MARKET PRICES Expenditure on goods and services Per cent. Total general government expenditure* United Kingdom 9.3 51.2 Belgium 21.8 49.0 Denmark 31.9 52.6 France 20.7 49.0 West Germany 26.9 50.1 Ireland† 26.2 51.8 Italy 19.7 50.8 Luxembourg† 26.0 56.5 Netherlands 24.6 62.0 United States Of America 23.3 39.5 Canada 26.9 45.6 Japan 18.5 30.3 * Excluding capital transfers, lending and expenditure on the acquisition of company securities. † 1975. Source: National Accounts for OECD countries 1976.