§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list, for each of the years 1974–75 to 1992–93 (planned),(a) in market price and (b) in constant prices (i) gross domestic product and (ii) public sector borrowing requirement, (1) including privatisation receipts and (2) excluding privatisation receipts, (iii) general Government expenditure, as defined in United Kingdom accounts, (iv) general Government receipts, as defined in United Kingdom accounts, (v) general Government expenditure, as defined in the European system of integrated accounts, (vi) general Government receipts, as defined in the European system of integrated accounts, (vii) borrowing as defined in the European system of integrated accounts, (viii) (ii) (1) and (2) as a percentage of (i) and (ix) (vii) as a percentage of (i).
§ Mr. PortilloMost of the figures requested are available from the CSO database, which can be accessed through the House of Commons Library. The identifiers are as follows:
Identifier (a) GDP at current prices CAOB (b) GDP at constant market prices CAOO (c) PSBR including privatisation receipts ABEN (d) PSBR excluding privatisation receipts ABII (e) General government expenditure United Kingdom definition ABAB (f) General government expenditure, ESA definition see table (g) General government receipts, ESA definition see table (h) General government borrowing, ESA definition CSNK Items (c) to (h) are not available at constant prices.
Items (f), (g) and (h) are available only for calendar years.
General Government total receipts and expenditure on ESA definitions are not available on the database and are shown in the table.
Forecasts for 1992–93 for gross domestic product, the public sector borrowing requirement, and general Government expenditure as defined in United Kingdom accounts were published in the 1992–93 Financial Statement and Budget Report in March. A revised forecast will be published in the autumn statement. There are no forecasts made on ESA definitions.
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On ESA definitions: General government Receipts Payments (f) (g) 1974 56,702 53,524 1975 76,442 71,438 1976 89,524 83,355 1977 97,516 92,554 1978 110,410 102,999 1979 127,123 120,674 1980 156,531 148,431 1981 181,710 171,493 1982 194,156 186,214 1983 211,558 201,373 1984 226,991 214,156 1985 240,509 230,250 1986 255,840 245,137 1987 269,908 264,257 1988 288,880 289,750 1989 310,317 310,041 1990 350,391 341,582 1991 383,220 367,150 These series are only calculated for calendar years. Forecasts are not available.