§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the Secretary to the Treasury (1) if he will set out in tabular form expenditure, as a percentage of the gross national products, on defence, Government administration, roads, education, health, agriculture, housing, total debt charges, transport, social insurance, water supplies, and miscellaneous services for 1926 and 1956, respectively;
(2) if he will set out in tabular form the main local government expenditure, as a percentage of the gross national product, on administration, roads, drainage, health, education, debt charges, and other services for 1926 and 1956, respectively;
(3) if he will set out in tabular form the total revenue raised, as a percentage of the gross national product, by direct taxes, indirect taxes, taxes on foreign trade, income tax, taxation on profits, social insurance, land tax, death duties, excise duties, and motor licences, giving 136W separate figures for each for 1926 and 1956, respectively;
(4) if he will set out in tabular form the local revenue sources as a percentage of gross national product for 1926 and 1956, respectively.
§ Mr. PowellFor 1955 I would refer the hon. Member to "National Income and Expenditure, 1956", Tables 37, 39, 40 and 42. (The figures for 1926 are either not available or not available in a comparable form.) The figures for 1956 will be published shortly in "National Income and Expenditure, 1957".