HC Deb 18 January 1979 vol 960 cc865-6W
20. Mr. Hooley

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the percentage of public expenditure devoted to industrial renewal and investment in the current financial year; and how this compares with 1977–78 and 1976–77.

Mr. Joel Barnett:

The figures are: 3.0 per cent., 3.1 per cent. and 3.1 per cent. for 1976–77, 1977–78, and 1978–79 respectively.