§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing public expenditure on
General government expenditure on housing and community amenities*as a percentage of Total general government expenditure† Gross domestic product 1975 1977 1975 1977 West Germany 2.6 1.2 France 7.2 2.9 Italy 2.2 2.7 1.0 1.2 Belgium‡ 1.2 0.6 United Kingdom 10.1 9.9 4.3 4.0 Denmark 3.0 1.7 * Community amenities include Sewerage, Refuse, Public Health Service, Town and Country Planning, Cemeteries. † Expenditure by central and local government combined, excluding capital transfers, loans and expenditure on the acquisition of company securities, for which figures on an internationally comparable basis are not available. ‡ Excluding local authorities. Figures are not available for Netherlands. Luxembourg and Irish Republic.