HC Deb 19 January 1994 vol 235 c630W
Mr. Betts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of gross domestic product was spent by central and local government and within central Government by non-elected authorities, for each year since 1979–80.

Mr. Nelson

Information on gross domestic product and central and local government expenditure is readily available on the CSO database in the following series—identified by their database code:

  • EBAO: GDP at market prices adjusted for the distortion caused in the abolition of domestic rates
  • ABAC: Central government contribution to general government expenditure
  • ABAD: Local authority contribution to general government expenditure.

The database can be accessed on-line by the House of Commons Library.

Information on non-departmental public bodies is available in the annual Cabinet Office publication "Public Bodies".