§ Mr. John Mooreasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the total of gross domestic fixed capital formation as a percentage of gross domestic product, and expenditure on machinery and equipment other than transport equipment as a percentage of gross domestic product each year since 1973 for the United Kingdom, other EEC countries, the United States of America, Japan and Canada.
GDFCF as percentage of GDP at market prices Expenditure on machinery and equipment as percentage of total GDFCF 1973 1974 1975 1976 1973 1974 1975 United Kingdom … 19.7 20.7 20.0 19.2 34.2 34.1 32.5 Belgium … … 21.1 22.5 22.0 20.6 36.0† 36.4† 35.6† Denmark … … 23.0 22.2 19.8 21.5 30.1 30.5 28.0 France … … 23.8 24.5 23.3 23.1 34.6 34.5 33.1 Germany … … 24.5 21.9 20.8 20.7 34.1 35.1 36.8 Ireland … … … 25.3 26.1 23.4 24.5 n.a. n.a. n.a. Italy … … … 20.8 22.6 20.8 20.3 33.8 34.9 31.7 Luxembourg … … 27.2 27.3 29.2 28.2* 27.3 27.6 23.6 Netherlands … … 16.3 17.0 18.4 18.3 27.3 30.6 30.3 USA … … … 18.5 17.9 16.3 16.2 27.7 30.2 32.0 Japan … … … 36.6 34.1 30.8 29.6 n.a. n.a. n.a. Canada … … 22.4 23.1 24.1 23.1 24.1‡ 25.1‡ 24.8‡ Sources: National Accounts of OECD countries 1976, Vol. I. National Accounts of OECD countries 1975, Vol. II. * OECD estimate. † Including transport equipment. ‡ Includes work put in place on uncompleted heavy machinery and equipment.