Government Expenditure (Hansard, 26 November 1987)

HC Deb 26 November 1987 vol 123 c299W 299W

§ 66. Miss Widdecombe
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish figures for general Government expenditure as a proportion of gross domestic product, excluding social security, since 1978–79.

§ Mr. Major
General Government expenditure, excluding social security benefits, as a percentage of GDP is as follows:

percentage

1978–79 34.00

1979–80 34.25

1980–81 36.25

1981–82 35.50

1982–83 35.50

1983–84 34.25

1984–85 34.00

1985–86 32.25

1986–87 31.25

	percentage
1978–79	34.00
1979–80	34.25
1980–81	36.25
1981–82	35.50
1982–83	35.50
1983–84	34.25
1984–85	34.00
1985–86	32.25
1986–87	31.25