§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Putney (Mr. Jenkins), Official Report, 15 March, c. 278, he will publish comparable figures for other major Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Governments to show the changing composition of public expenditure by function during various years since 1945.
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 28 March 1979], gave the following information:
Figures showing the changing composition of public expenditure by function on an internationally comparable basis are not available for the major Governments of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.