§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will circulate in the Official Report a table showing Government final consumption expenditure as a percentage of the gross domestic product for each year since 1945.
§ Mr. BrittanFigures of general Government final consumption and the gross domestic product for the years 1946 to 1979 are published in Table 9 of the Economic Trends Annual Supplement 1981 Edition. Figures for 1945 are not available. Figures for 1980 are not yet available.