asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report the figures for general Government expenditure, privatisation proceeds and gross domestic product used in the plotting of chart 1.1 of the 1987 public expenditure White Paper (Cmnd. 56-I, page 5).

General Government expenditure and privatisation proceeds figures were published in tables 2.1, 2.22 and 2.24 of the 1987 public expenditure White Paper (Cmnd. 56-II).The gross domestic product figures underlying chart 1.1 are as follows, rounded to the nearest billion:

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a note explaining how the definitions used for the calculation of the public expenditure-gross domestic product ratio have changed from White Paper to White Paper, with their numerical consequences, over the period 1979–1987.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 28 January 1986, at columns 443–44. There were no definitional changes in the general Government expenditure-GDP percentage between the 1986 and 1987 public expenditure White Papers (Cmnd. 9702 and Cmnd. 56 respectively). A series of general Government expenditure as a percentage of GDP was published in table 2.22 of the 1987 public expenditure White Paper (Cmnd. 56).

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place tables in the Library showing the percentages by Department, spending authority and economic category for the period 1979–80 to 1989–90 using precisely the same definitions and classifications as in chart 1.3 of the 1987 public expenditure White Paper (Cmnd. 56-I, page 7).

The figures underlying the percentages in chart 1.3 of the 1987 public expenditure White Paper (Cmnd. 56-I), were published in tables 2.1, 2.3 and 2.7 of volumn II. These tables cover the period 1981–82 to 1989–90. Figures by spending authorities and economic category are not readily available prior to 1981–82. Copies of the White Paper are available in the Library of the House.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report the detailed entries for "Other national accounts adjustments" for the years 1981–82 to 1989–;90, consistent with table 2.1 of the 1987 public expenditure White Paper.

The underlying detailed figures for the "Other national accounts adjustments", shown in table 2.1 of the 1987 public expenditure White Paper (Cmnd. 56II), appear in table 2.19 of that White Paper.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table in cash terms showing, for each of the years 1979–80 to 1989–90 for each of the organisations which have been included in at least one year in the equivalent of table 5.3 of the 1987 public expenditure White Paper (Cm. 56-II), those actual or planned asset sales not included in "central privatisation proceeds"; whether such proceeds have directly accrued to the Exchequer or have remained in the relevant businesses; and if he will provide this information in a format comparable to the table in columns 861–62 of the Official Report of 26 July 1986, except that at least totals should be provided for the planning years.

I assume the hon. Member is referring to the answer of 26 July 1985, at columns 863–64, which my predecessor gave in reply to his earlier question on this subject.Actual and forecast receipts from asset sales included in the internally generated funds figures shown in table 5.3 of Cm. 56 for 1979–80 to 1986–87 are shown in the table.For the years 1987–88 to 1989–90 receipts from asset sales totalling approximately £300 million, £250 million and £200 million respectively, have been assumed.