Uk Current Revenue And Spending

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asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will state for each year from 1950 to 1995 inclusive.

(a) Central government current revenue;

(b) Central government current expenditure;

(d) Local government current expenditure; expressing each as a percentage of GDP.

The attached table shows spending and revenue as a percentage of GDP on a national accounts definition for central government and local government.The data necessary to calculate these proportions are only available back to 1955 and up to Q3 1995.

Central and Local Government Current Revenue and Expenditure (percentage of GDP)
	Central Government		Local Government
	Expenditure	Revenue	Expenditure	Revenue
1955	28.5	26.0	6.5	5.8
1956	28.2	25.9	7.0	6.2
1957	27.9	25.4	7.3	6.4
1958	28.7	26.0	7.5	6.6
1959	27.2	25.8	7.6	6.6
1960	27.1	26.0	7.7	8.5
1961	28.8	26.8	7.9	7.2
1962	28.4	26.8	8.3	7.5
1963	27.2	26.5	8.6	7.6
1964	27.8	25.5	8.6	7.6
1965	29.5	26.4	9.0	8.2
1966	30.2	27.2	9.6	8.6
1967	31.7	28.9	10.0	9.1
1968	33.5	28.6	10.0	9.1
1969	35.2	28.1	10.5	9.4
1970	34.9	28.1	10.7	9.7
1971	33.3	29.1	10.9	9.7
1972	30.9	29.1	10.8	9.7
1973	31.9	30.8	11.4	10.5
1974	34.5	34.3	12.5	11.7
1975	35.0	36.5	13.8	12.1
1976	35.0	36.0	13.0	11.7
1977	33.9	34.8	12.0	10.9
1978	33.1	34.8	11.5	10.6
1979	34.2	34.6	11.2	10.6
1980	35.2	37.0	12.1	11.3
1981	37.7	38.6	12.3	11.2
1982	37.1	38.5	12.0	11.0
1983	36.8	38.9	12.2	11.2
1984	37.5	39.1	11.7	11.2
1985	37.0	37.6	11.2	10.7
1986	35.8	37.0	11.3	10.7
1987	35.8	35.4	10.9	10.4
1988	34.7	32.6	10.4	10.1
1989	34.4	32.2	10.2	9.8
1990	36.2	34.6	10.6	10.1
1991	36.7	37.3	11.1	10.8
1992	34.5	39.5	11.6	11.0
1993	34.0	39.7	11.0	10.3
1994	34.8	38.9	10.7	10.3

Volume 571: debated on Tuesday 2 April 1996