§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing for each of the past five years the gross national product attributable to the public sector and to the private sector, respectively, and analysing each of these into current expenditure and capital formation.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettIt is not possible to divide gross national product in the way requested. The contributions in terms of output and income of the private and public sectors to the gross domestic product can be derived from table 13 of the 1975 National Income Blue Book. An analysis of total final expenditure, including exports, is to be found on page 117 of the October 1975 issue ofEconomic Trends; this distinguishes total public sector and private sector expenditure, and current expenditure and capital formation within each sector.