HC Deb 24 February 1976 vol 906 cc141-2W
Mr. Carter

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report the percentage of GNP going into investment and consumption for each of the past 15 years.

Mr. Denzil Davies

The following table shows gross domestic fixed capital formation—investment—and the total of consumers' expenditure and of public authorities' current expenditure on goods and services—consumption—as a percentage of gross national product at market prices:

Year Investment Consumption
1960 16.3 82.2
1961 17.1 81.5
1962 16.7 82.5
1963 16.3 82.3
1964 18.0 80.4
1965 18.0 80.2
1966 18.0 80.3
1967 18.6 80.7
1968 18.7 80.3
1969 18.3 79.3
1970 18.3 79.0
1971 18.2 79.5
1972 18.2 81.1
1973 19.0 80.2
1974 19.7 82.9
1975* 19.6 83.3
* Preliminary estimate

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