§ Mr. PawseyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish in theOfficial Report a list showing expenditure on programmes for old age as a proportion of gross domestic product at market prices, for European Community member states, for each year since 1983.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe most recent information is as follows:
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1983 1984 1985 Belgium 7.8 7.8 — Denmark 10.2 10.2 10.1 Federal Republic of Germany 8.0 7.8 — Greece — — — Spain — — — France 9.1 — — Ireland 5.7 5.6 5.5
1983 1984 1985 Italy 7.7 7.7 7.6 Luxembourg 6.7 — — Netherlands 8.8 — — Portugal — — — United Kingdom 9.5 9.6 — Source: Eurostat.
Note: Social protection expenditure for old age comprises state pension, occupational pensions, income related benefits and public expenditure on residential care.