GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE

HL Deb 15 July 1985 vol 466 c600WA

Lord Boyd-Carpenter

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What was the level of expenditure by central Government in the financial years 1973–74, 1974–75 and 1978–79.

The Earl of Gowrie

Figures for the central Government component of the public expenditure planning total are:

	£ billion
	Cash	Real Terms†
1973–74	19.4	70.1
1974–75	25.8	78.2
1978–79	46.9	79.6
†Cash figures divided by the GDP market price deflator (base year, 1983–84).