§ Mr. Norman Lamontasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish indices of public expenditure on goods and services and transfer payments, respectively, both at constant prices, for each financial year from 1946 to the present.
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§ Mr. Denzil DaviesThe information readily available relates to calendar years and is as follows:
INDICES OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURE* AT CONSTANT PRICES, 1950=100.00 Public expenditure on goods and services† Public sector transfer payments‡ 1948 … 92.8 108.4 1949 … 99.2 102.7 1950 … 100.0 100.0 1951 … 107.3 97.6 1952 … 117.4 94.4 1953 … 122.9 94.5 1954 … 122.5 95.2 1955 … 118.7 99.6 1956 … 117.7 96.2 1957 … 117.4 97.3 1958 … 115.1 103.6 1959 … 119.1 107.9 1960 … 121.9 118.5 1961 … 127.5 126.2 1962 … 133.7 128.5 1963 … 136.5 133.7 1964 … 144.1 137.4 1965 … 149.0 149.1 1966 … 155.1 149.4 1967 … 167.9 170.4 1968 … 168.1 188.8 1969 … 162.9 188.8 1970 … 165.9 189.3 1971 … 169.0 190.4 1972 … 171.7 203.7 1973 … 177.3 226.2 1974 … 181.3 273.6 1975 … 188.1 263.5 * Including capital expenditure of nationalised industries and other public corporations; the coverage of these bodies has varied over the period. † Public authorities' current expenditure on goods and services and public sector gross domestic fixed capital formation. ‡ Public sector transfer payments including net lending, revalued by the implied deflator for gross domestic product at market prices.