§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the gross national product has been devoted to capital investment in industry and in housing, respectively, for each year from 1945 to 1969.
§ Mr. William RodgersThe figures are given in the table below, except that corresponding information is not available for the years before 1948.
GROSS DOMESTIC FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION AS A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT AT FACTOR COST. All industries except dwellings and public services Dwellings 1948 … 9.0 3.2 1949 … 9.7 3.0 1950 … 10.1 2.8 1951 … 10.0 2.9 1952 … 9.9 3.5 1953 … 10.0 4.2 1954 … 10.5 4.0 1955 … 11.3 3.8 1956 … 11.8 3.4 1957 … 12.5 3.2 1958 … 12.4 2.9 1959 … 12.4 3.1 1960 … 12.8 3.3 1961 … 13.4 3.4 1962 … 12.6 3.5 1963 … 12.1 3.5 1964 … 13.1 4.1 1965 … 13.3 4.1 1966 … 13.5 4.0 1967 … 13.5 4.2 1968 … 13.5 4.3 1969* … 13.0 4.0 * First three quarters only.