HC Deb 08 March 1976 vol 907 cc88-9W
Mr. Nott

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer which of the three GDP growth cases in Table 1.1 of Command Paper No. 6393 is assumed in his Written Answer to the hon. Member for St. Ives in the Official Report for 25th February 1976, c. 226–27; whether he will publish an analogous table for the two growth cases which were not included in that answer; or, if the case used in his earlier answer was an average of all three growth

Percentage of GDP in 1979 (in demand terms at factor cost)
Case I Case III
Per cent. Per cent.
GDP 100.0 100.0
Net flow of resources into (+) or out of (−) balance of trade in goods and services 4.4 5.0
Private investment and stockbuilding 12.1 13.1
Nationalised industries investment and Stockbuilding 2.9 2.7
80.6 79.2
Public consumption 19.2 17.9
Other public investment 3.6 3.4
Direct public expenditure 22.8 21.3
Indirect public expenditure 13.8 12.9
Total public expenditure 36.6 34.2
Privately financed personal consumption 44.1 45.0
Publicly financed personal consumption 13.8 12.9
57.9 57.9

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