asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide a table

The following table shows gross domestic fixed capital formation in the public and private sectors for the years 1970 to 1977 and the value of Government capital grams to the private sector in each year. These grants are virtually all for the support of fixed investment. Support for private sector investment is also provided by other means, such as loans and interest relief grant, and by capital allowances against income and corporation tax, but estimates of the proportions of these expenditures or costs which should be regarded as providing financial support for fixed investment are not available. Nor are estimates of the total amount of investment supported, or the extent to which that investment would not otherwise have been made.