§ Mr. Neil Hamiltonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total Government expenditure for the years 1975 to 1985, inclusive, expressed (a) at current prices, (b) in cost terms and (c) as a percentage of gross domestic product at market prices.
§ Mr. MacGregorDetailed figures of public expenditure over the period 1974–75 to 1984–85 were given in an article entitled "Measuring Public Expenditure" published in the August 1985 issue ofEconomic Trends.
The figures requested have been extracted from the above named article and are as follows: 493W
Year Cash *Real terms †Public expenditure as a percentage of GDP ‡GGE as a percentage of GDP 1979–80 77.0 112.3 39.7 43.4 1980–81 92.7 113.9 42.2 46.0 1981–82 104.7 117.0 43.5 46.3 1982–83 113.4 118.6 43.0 46.7 1983–84 120.3 120.3 42.6 45.8 1984–85 129.7 124.2 43.3 45.8 * Cash figures adjusted for general inflation as measured by the GDP deflator at market prices (1983–84 base year). † As defined for the calculation of public expenditure as a percentage of GDP in the 1985 public expenditure White Paper. ‡ General Government expenditure as defined in the medium term financial strategy (MTFS) and national accounts.