§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list(a) the total taxation levied by the Government in each year since 1964 in real terms, (b) the total annual Government expenditure for each of those years in real terms and (c) the annual inflation rate for each year since 1964.
§ Mr. NelsonThe information requested is shown in the table.
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Government Taxes and Expenditure 1 2 3 4 5 Year Total taxes and NICs GGE (excluding pps) Nominal (£ billion) Real (£ billion 1990–91) Nominal (£ billion) Real (£ billion 1990–91) GDP deflator inflation (per cent.) 1964–65 10.1 92.6 12.3 112.9 4.5 1965–66 11.4 100.2 13.6 119.2 4.8 1966–67 12.4 104.6 15.1 127.0 4.2 1967–68 13.7 11.22 17.5 143.0 2.9 1968–69 15.7 122.2 18.2 141.6 5.1 1969–70 17.7 130.8 19.3 142.7 5.2 1970–71 19.3 131.9 21.6 147.5 8.2 1971–72 20.6 128.7 24.4 152.7 9.1 1972–73 21.9 126.6 27.6 159.7 8.2 1973–74 24.9 134.8 32 173.2 6.9 1974–75 31.8 144.0 42.9 194.1 19.6 1975–76 40.1 144.5 53.8 194.1 25.4 1976–77 46.3 147.3 59.6 189.4 13.5 1977–78 52.3 146.3 64.4 180.2 13.6 1978–79 58.6 147.4 75 188.7 11.2 1979–80 72.8 157.0 90.4 194.9 16.7 1980–81 85.9 156.5 108.8 198.2 18.3 1981–82 102.2 169.7 121 201.0 9 7 1982–83 110.6 171.6 133.1 206.4 7.1 1983–84 118.9 176.2 141.6 209.9 4.6 1984–85 129.3 182.4 152.8 215.6 5.0 1985–86 139.3 186.2 11.2 21.5 5.5 1986–87 147.1 191.1 169.3 219.9 2.9 1987–88 163.1 201.2 178.4 220.0 5.3 1988–89 178.0 205.7 186.9 216.0 6.7 1989–90 191.4 206.8 205 221.5 7.0 1990–91 205.4 205.4 223.5 223.5 8.1 1991–92 210.8 198.3 244.1 229.6 6.3 1992–93 208.7 189.0 269.2 243.7 3.9 1993–94 215.6 189.4 277 243.3 3.3 Notes:
Columns 1,2 Nominal and Real tax burden=Taxes on income+taxes on capital+taxes on expenditure+social security contributions+rates/community charge/council tax+royalties.
Columns 3,4 Nominal and Real general government expenditure excluding privatisation proceeds.
Column 5 growth rate in GDP deflator series, which is used to deflate the Nominal series in columns 1 and 2.