§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer in which financial year public sector gross domestic fixed capital formation, as defined for the purposes of Table 7 of Command Paper No. 6721, "The Government's Expenditure Plans", last fell below the figure shown for that item for 1978–79 in Table 7 in real (volume) terms; and if he will publish a table showing public sector gross domestic fixed capital formation, at 1976 survey prices, for that financial year and each succeeding financial year up to and including 1978–79.
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§ Mr. Joel BarnettFigures for the financial years 1964–65 to 1978–79 are as follows:
Public Sector Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation* in Public Expenditure (£ million at 1976 survey prices) 1964–65 … … 4,612 1965–66 … … 4,784 1966–67 … … 5,277 1967–68 … … 6,065 1968–69 … … 5,991 1969–70 … … 6,072 1970–71 … … 6,375 1971–72 … … 6,103 1972–73 … … 6,094 1973–74 … … 6,689 1974–75 … … 6,568 1975–76 … … 6,495 1976–77 … … 6,140 1977–78 … … 5,060 1978–79 … … 4,706 *Of Central Government, local authorities, and public corporations other than nationalised industries. Sources: Figures for 1964–65 to 1970–71 have been derived from the constant price series in the national income accounts. Figures for later years are as in Cmnd. 6721-I.