Public Expenditure (Hansard, 21 June 1982)

§ 80. Mr. Ralph Howell

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what factors account for the difference between the public expenditure figures shown as a percentage of gross domestic product given in his answer of 8 June to the hon. Member for Norfolk, North, Official Report, c. 83, and the figures given in the Chief Secretary's speech to the Institute of Fiscal Studies in London, on 10 May, that public expenditure last year was 44½ per cent. of gross domestic product compared to 41 per cent. in 1979–80; and if he will give a breakdown of the expenditure which was not included in his figures for central Government, local government and National Health Service expenditure, which total 29.1 per cent. of gross domestic product.