asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state (a) total public expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product and (b) total taxation revenue as a percentage of gross domestic product, for each of the years 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984 and projectd for 1985, calculated on the basis used for the figures quoted in the speech of 10 May 1982 to the Institute for Fiscal Studies by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

The figures are as follows: