§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the expenditure in each year since 1979, in real and constant prices, of Government expenditure in(a) agriculture, forestry and fishing, (b)
(a) Total benefits paid to unemployed people1 (£ million cash) (b) Total expenditure from the Redundancy Fund (£ million cash) (c) (a) plus (b) as a proportion of Gross Domestic Product (Percentage) 1983–84 5,440 427 1.9 1984–85 6,320 333 2.0 1985–86 6,960 344 2.0 1986–87 7,310 246 2.0 1987–88 6,650 81 1.6 1988–89 5,240 70 1.1 1989–90 4,310 66 0.9 1990–91 5,040 145 0.9 1991–922 7,360 128 1.3 1 Figures include unemployment benefit, principal income-related benefits and payments from the social fund to unemployed people and their families. 2 Estimates in current published plans.