Space Developments (Expenditure) (Hansard, 27 January 1966)

§ Mr. Marten

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on space developments in 1965; and what is the estimated expen-

CENTRAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT CURRENT EXPENDITURE, UNITED KINGDOM Selected years 1938–1964
Table 50
				Central Government Expenditure	Local Government Expenditure
Year		£m.	1938=100	Percentage of National Product	£m.	1938=100	Percentage of National Product
				(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
1938		…	…	1,099	100	21.2	416	100	8.0
1952	…	…	…	4,522	411	32.2	863	207	6.2
1955	…	…	…	4,965	452	29.3	1,100	264	6.5
1960	…	…	…	6,629	603	29.1	1,726	415	7.6
1963	…	…	…	8,088	736	30.0	2,326	559	8.6
1964	…	…	…	8,512	775	29.4	2,490	599	8.6

Source: National Income and Expenditure 1965 (Tables 4 and 5).

Notes: National product is taken as Gross National Product at market prices. There is double-counting in the figures as central government grants to local authorities are included in Column (1) and local government interest payments to central government in Column (4).

SOURCES OF FINANCE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT CURRENT EXPENDITURE, UNITED KINGDOM Selected years 1938–1964
Table 51 (a)						Percentages
						Rates	Other local income	Central Government grants
						(1)	(2)	(3)
1938	…	…	…	…	…	43.2	27.9	28.9
1952	…	…	…	…	…	41.4	17.5	41.1
1955	…	…	…	…	…	39.2	20.3	40.5
1960	…	…	…	…	…	39.2	21.1	39.7
1963	…	…	…	…	…	38.9	21.4	39.7
1964	…	…	…	…	…	38.3	21.2	40.5

Source: National Income and Expenditure 1965 (Table 5).

Notes: Column (1) includes payments in lieu of rates. Column (2) includes rents, dividends and interest, and gross trading income (before providing for depreciation and stock appreciation).

132W

diture for 1966, showing in each case how much of the money was not spent in Great Britain.