§ Mr. Knoxasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1945 the level of investment by the Government, by nationalised industries, and by private industry, respectively.
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§ Mr. Denzil DaviesThe following table shows estimates of fixed investment—gross domestic fixed capital formation—other than in dwellings, for the public authorities sector—comprising central Government and local government—the public corporations sector and the private sector. Estimates for 1945 to 1954 are not available.
FIXED INVESTMENT OTHER THAN IN DWELLINGS £ million at current prices Public authorities* Public corporations† ‡ Private sector‡ 1955 418 535 1,290 1956. 484 556 1,490 1957 529 631 1,676 1958 550 669 1,768 1959 591 733 1,846 1960 613 764 2,092 1961 654 881 2,378 1962 713 906 2,358 1963 761 993 2,356 1964 925 1,144 2,755 1965 974 1,249 2,991 1966 1,078 1,405 3,059 1967 1,279 1,602 3,116 1968 1,422 1,554 3,538 1969 1,486 1,406 4,006 1970 1,713 1,592 4,432 1971 1,848 1,777 4,855 1972 2,143 1,681 5,448 1973 2,628 1,927 6,550 1974 2,930 2,555 7,631 * Includes the Post Office up to March 1961. † Includes the Post Office from April 1961. ‡ The nationalised steel undertakings were transferred from the private to the public corporations sector on 28th July 1967.