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Miss Richardson
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of (a) central Government expenditure and (b) total public expenditure, social security expenditure represented for each of the years 1960 to 1975.
Mr. Denzil Davies
Figures for the years 1960 to 1974 inclusive are given in the table below. Figures are not yet available for 1975.
| Social Security expenditure as percentage of | ||
| (a) Central Government expenditure | (b) Public expenditure | |
| 1960 | 19·9 | 15·8 |
| 1961 | 20·3 | 15·8 |
| 1962 | 20·6 | 15·8 |
| 1963 | 22·3 | 17·0 |
| 1964 | 21·4 | 16·5 |
| 1965 | 21·8 | 17·0 |
| 1966 | 21·2 | 16·8 |
| 1967 | 20·9 | 16·5 |
| 1968 | 21·5 | 17·5 |
| 1969 | 22·4 | 18·0 |
| 1970 | 22·4 | 17·9 |
| 1971 | 21·8 | 17·7 |
| 1972 | 22·8 | 18·7 |
| 1973 | 21·8 | 17·2 |
| 1974 | 21·0 | 16·5 |