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Mr. Leighton
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the public expenditure on housing as a percentage of gross domestic product in each of the last 10 years.
Mr. Yeo
The figures given are for Great Britain. They are based on gross expenditure on housing including spending from receipts and expenditure on housing benefits:
| Year | Gross domestic product per cent. |
| 1980–81 | 2·7 |
| 1981–82 | 2·2 |
| 1982–83 | 2·3 |
| 1983–84 | 2·8 |
| 1984–85 | 2·8 |
| 1985–86 | 2·5 |
| 1986–87 | 2·4 |
| 1987–88 | 2·3 |
| 1988–89 | 2·1 |
| 1989–90 | 2·2 |