§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will circulate in the Official Report, using Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development definitions, a table showing the increase in the volume of Government final consumption expenditure as a percentage of the gross domestic product between 1974 and 1975 in the United Kingdom and the principal industrial countries.
§ Mr. BiffenThe information required is given below:
volume of Government (*) final consumption expenditure as a percentage of the gross domestic product between 1974 and 1975 1974 1975 Increase United Kingdom 20.8 22.3 1.5 France 13.8 14.4 0.6 Italy 14.9 16.0 1.1 West Germany 19.5 20.8 1.3 United States of America 18.6 19.1 0.5 Canada 19.4 20.0 0.6 Sweden 23.6 24.6 1.0 Japan 9.5 10.0 .5 * General government, comprising central government, state and local authorities. Source: National accounts of OECD countries 1950–78 Volume I.