§ Mr. Meacherasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the level of general Government expenditure on goods and services in the United Kingdom, both in money terms and as a percentage of gross domestic product, for each year
GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ON GOODS AND SERVICES* IN MONEY TERMS AND AS A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AT MARKET PRICES United Kingdom France† West Germany Italy Belgium £ m. % Fr. m. % Dm. m. % L.b. % Fr. m. % 1960 … 5,053 19.8 50,150 16.6 3,457 16.0 82,834 14.7 1961 … 5,472 20.1 57,050 17.2 3,767 15.6 86,237 14.4 1962 … 5,910 20.7 66,720 18.5 4,294 15.8 95,591 14.9 1963 … 6,246 20.6 76,050 19.9 5,131 16.5 109,265 15.8 1964 … 6,869 20.8 82,500 19.6 5,823 17.2 121,974 15.8 1965 … 7,492 21.1 90,000 19.6 6,413 17.6 131,350 15.6 1966 … 8,214 21.7 96,380 19.7 6,790 17.2 146,710 16.2 1967 … 9,193 23.0 98,390 19.9 7,079 16.3 163,628 16.9 1968 … 9,855 22.8 103,330 19.3 7,823 16.7 179,764 17.3 1969 … 10,271 22.2 116,890 19.6 8,368 16.2 197,115 17.1 1970 … 11,449 22.5 135,242 17.3 137,590 20.3 9,219 15.9 219,591 17.1 1971 … 12,844 22.6 149,667 17.2 161,150 21.4 10,838 17.2 258,118 18.4 1972 … 14,410 22.9 164,851 16.8 176,110 21.3 12,200 17.7 294,603 18.8 1973 … 17,040 23.5 183 692 16.5 199,900 21.8 13,833 16.8 322,519 18.1 1974 … 20,991 25.6 216,845 17.0 232,220 23.5 16,961 16.7 377,597 18.0 1975 … 27,947 27.2 264,328 18.2 253,850 24.6 20,049 17.4 463,396 20.1 1976 … 32,093 26.2 297,946 17.8 265,420 23.6 24,396 17.0 527,830 20.1 1977 … 34,055 24.3 336,643 18.0 277,960 23.2 29,736 17.2 582,805 20.5
Netherlands Luxembourg† Sweden United States of America Japan† Gld. m. % Fr. m. % Kr.m. % $m. % Yen b. % 1960 … 7,314 17.5 14,536 20.1 100,134 19.8 1961 … 8,052 18.2 15,737 20.0 108,137 20.7 1962 … 9,023 19.0 18,025 21.2 116,990 20.7 1963 … 10,345 20.1 20,601 22.3 123,070 20.7 1964 … 12,358 20.4 23,281 22.6 129,244 20.4 1965 … 13,660 20.1 26,266 23.2 137,240 20.0 4,266 13.3 1966 … 15,199 20.6 29,981 24.3 158,295 21.0 4,927 13.2 1967 … 17,102 21.1 33,885 25.4 177,457 22.3 5,431 12.3 1968 … 18,962 21.1 37,851 26.7 191,520 22.1 6,289 11.9 1969 … 21,203 20.8 41,164 26.8 201,084 21.5 7,255 11.7 1970 … 24,174 21.1 7,140 13.3 46,905 27.5 212,863 21.7 8,731 11.9 1971 … 28,060 21.6 8,342 15.0 51.538 28.2 224,709 21.2 10,482 12.9 1972 … 30,840 21.0 9,578 15.6 56,637 28.6 242,453 20.8 12,589 13.6 1973 … 33,910 20.2 11,663 15.4 61,781 28.2 261,164 20.1 15,708 13.9 1974 … 39,650 20.8 14,396 15.8 70,483 28.3 293,558 20.9 19,240 14.2 1975 … 46,710 22.3 17,378 20.6 82,966 28.9 325,650 21.3 22,729 15.3 1976 … 52,490 22.1 19,301 19.7 96,538 29.9 347,574 20.5 25,010 14.9 1977 … 56,970 21.8 21,988 21.7 115,764 33.0 377,534 20.1 28,556 15.3 * Including non-trading capital consumption. † Comparable figures for France and Luxembourg before 1970 and Japan before 1965 are not available. Source: National Accounts of OECD countries 1960–77, Volume II.