Public Expenditure (Hansard, 27 October 1994)

HC Deb 27 October 1994 vol 248 c755W 755W

§ Mr. Whittingdale
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of gross domestic product is taken by public expenditure; and what the figure was in 1979.

§ Mr. Aitken
General Government expenditure excluding privatisation proceeds as a percentage of GDP was 44 in 1979–80 and 44.25 in 1993–94.