HC Deb 04 March 1969 vol 779 c59W
36. Mr. Costain

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the percentage rise in consumers' expenditure and in public expenditure as defined in the National Plan, respectively, between 1964and the latest 12-month period for which figures are available.

Mr. Diamond

Figures for the period 1964–65 to 1967–68 for consumers' expenditure and for public expenditure (excluding nationalised industries' capital investment and debt interest) are contained respectively, in Table A ofEconomic Trends for October, 1968, and in the Treasury Analysis of Public Expenditure published in the Blue Book National Income and Expenditure, 1968.