§ Mr. David Priceasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in
TABLE 1 PERCENTAGES OF THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AT MARKET PRICES General Government expenditure Public expenditure* (Cmnd. 7049 basis) Total† Goods and services Gross domestic fixed capital formation by manufacturing industry 1976 … … … … 44.8 47.7 26.2 3.2 1977 … … … … 41.4 44.4 24.3 3.5 * Comparable with the financial year figures published in Table 7 of Cmnd. 7049—I but using national accounts data as in Table 2.4 of Financial Statistics. † National accounts definitions; includes government grants, subsidies and loans to public corporations. Table 2 shows wages and salaries—including forces' pay—company profits and public corporations' trading surpluses
TABLE 2 PERCENTAGE OF GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AT FACTOR COST wages and salaries Company profits* Public corporation's trading surpluses* 1976 … … … … … … 63.5 6.7 3.7 1977 … … … … … … 61.4 8.9 4.0 * After deducting stock appreciation but before providing for depreciation.