§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the total public expenditure on(a) total social services (b) education (c) housing (d) social security and (e) care services expressed (i) in cash terms and (ii) as a percentage of gross domestic product for each year since 1975.
General government expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product, by function 1978–79 to 1991–921 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 Outturn Outturn Outturn Outturn Outturn Outturn Outturn Outturn Outturn Outturn Outturn Outturn Outturn Estimated Outturn Defence 4.4 4.5 4.8 4.9 5.1 5.1 5.3 5.0 4.7 4.4 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.9 Overseas services, including overseas aid 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5