HC Deb 02 August 1978 vol 955 cc405-7W
Mr. John Moore

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1945 (a) total public expenditure, (b) public expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product and (c) public expenditure as a percentage of gross national product.

the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1945 the proportion of the gross national product devoted to expenditure on (a) the National Health Service and (b) education.

Mr. Denzil Davies

I will let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.

Mr. John Moore

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table based on Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development figures, for each current member State of the EEC, for each year since 1960 and for each quarter since 1974, for those countries for which quarterly data is available in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development publication "Quarterly National Accounts Bulletin", the proportion of the gross national product devoted to investment by manufacturing industry.

Mr. Denzil Davies

Available information as given in the table below:

Mr. Denzil Davies

For figures of public expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product, I would refer the hon. Member to the Answer I gave on 18th July [Official Report, c. 167–8] to the hon. Member for Leek (Mr. Knox). The other information which is available is shown in the table below. Figures for public expenditure, as defined in the Government's Expenditure Plans, 1978–79 to 1981–82, Cmnd. 7049, are only available back to 1959. Figures of general government

PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE IN VALUE TERMS AND EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AND OE GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCI
In value terms As percentage of GNP
Public expenditure £ million General government expenditure £ million Public expenditure General government expenditure
1946 … … … … — 4,564 — 45.3
1947 … … … … — 4,310 — 39.8
1948 … … … … — 4,376 — 36.5
1949 … … … … — 4,454 — 35.3
1950 … … … … — 4,517 — 33.8
1951 … … … … — 5,365 — 36.2
1952 … … … … — 5,954 — 37.3
1953 … … … … — 6,163 — 36.0
1954 … … … … — 6,135 — 33.5
1955 … … … … — 6,455 — 33.3
1956 … … … … — 7,029 — 33.5
1957 … … … … — 7,619 — 34.3
1958 … … … … — 7,954 — >34.4
1959 … … … … 8,012 8,432 33.0 34.7
1960 … … … … 8,447 8,914 32.8 34.6
1961 … … … … 9,193 9,725 33.4 35.4
1962 … … … … 9,735 10,368 33.7 35.9
1963 … … … … 10,317 10,953 33.6 35.7
1964 … … … … 11,292 11,987 33.7 35.8
1965 … … … … 12,523 13,309 34.7 36.9
1966 … … … … 13,532 14,448 35.3 37.7
1967 … … … … 15,655 16,672 38.6 41.2
1968 … … … … 17,139 18,290 39.3 41.9
1969 … … … … 17,580 18,954 37.5 40.5
1970 … … … … 19,199 20,706 37.3 40.3
1971 … … … … 21,514 23,199 37.3 40.3
1972 … … … … 24,376 26,255 38.3 41.3
1973 … … … … 28,340 30,505 38.5 41.5
1974 … … … … 36,648 39,279 43.9 47.1
1975 … … … … 48,264 51,474 46.3 49.4
1976 … … … … 54,754 58,314 44.2 47.1
1977 … … … … 57,748 61,929 41.2 44.2

Source: National Accounts.