HC Deb 16 July 1958 vol 591 cc109-10W
Mr. Ellis Smith

asked the Secretary to the Treasury if he will set out in tabular form the total expenditure on the social services by the Exchequer, National Insurance funds, and the local authorities, including the percentage for each of the national income spent in the years 1946,

EXPENDITURE ON THE SOCIAL SERVICES
— 1950 1955 1956
£m. Percentage of national income £m. Percentage of national income £m. Percentage of national income
Total expenditure
on social services … … 1,932 18.2 2,694 17.6 2,899 17.6
of which Exchequer(1) … 1,146 10.8 1,428 9.4 1,554 9.4
National Insurance funds 304 2.9 593 3.9 641 3.9
local authorities(2) … 482 4.5 673 4.4 704 4.3
(1) Including specific grants to local authorities.
(2) Excluding expenditure financed by specific grants from the central Government.

centage of the national income spent by the central Government in the social services, education, military, and the other main items of expenditure.

Mr. Simon

Figures are not available for all the years mentioned, but such information as is available is given in the following table:

1950, 1955, and for the latest available date.

Mr. Simon

Figures for 1950, 1955 and 1956 are given in the table below. Comparable figures for 1946 are not available. Figures for 1957 are in course of preparation and will be published in August in the Blue Book "National Income and Expenditure, 1958."