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Lord Lawson of Blaby
asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will state for each year from 1950 to 1995 inclusive:
expressing each as a percentage of GDP.
Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish
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 1963 and up to Q3 1995.
| Central and Local Government Current Revenue and Expenditure (percentage of GDP) | ||||
| Central Government | Local Government | |||
| Expenditure | Revenue | Expenditure | Revenue | |
| 1963 | 28.9 | 28.0 | 9.7 | 10.9 |
| 1964 | 31.0 | 27.0 | 9.7 | 11.1 |
| 1965 | 33.5 | 27.9 | 10.1 | 11.7 |
| 1966 | 34.1 | 28.8 | 10.8 | 12.4 |
| 1967 | 35.4 | 31.5 | 11.3 | 13.2 |
| 1968 | 39.7 | 31.5 | 11.2 | 13.1 |
| 1969 | 43.6 | 31.2 | 11.9 | 13.2 |
| 1970 | 42.9 | 31.2 | 12.0 | 13.4 |
| 1971 | 38.7 | 31.9 | 12.4 | 13.2 |
| 1972 | 33.7 | 31.6 | 22 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 34.2 | 33.4 | 12.7 | 15.0 |
| 1974 | 35.7 | 36.9 | 13.6 | 15.8 |
| 1975 | 34.3 | 38.8 | 15.6 | 15.8 |
| 1976 | 34.6 | 38.3 | 14.4 | 14.9 |
| 1977 | 33.6 | 36.9 | 13.3 | 13.3 |
| 1978 | 31.9 | 36.7 | 11.6 | 12.8 |
| 1979 | 34.3 | 36.3 | 11.8 | 12.6 |
| 1980 | 33.8 | 38.8 | 13 I | 13.1 |
| 1981 | 37.5 | 40.3 | 13.6 | 12.3 |
| 1982 | 36.3 | 40.4 | 13.1 | 12.3 |
| 1983 | 35.3 | 40.7 | 13.3 | 12.8 |
| 1984 | 36.5 | 41.1 | 12.5 | 12.7 |
| 1985 | 37.0 | 39.5 | 11.9 | 12.0 |
| 1986 | 35.4 | 38.6 | 12.2 | 11.9 |
| 1987 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 11.7 | 11.5 |
| 1988 | 37.8 | 34.2 | 11.0 | 10.8 |
| 1989 | 37.5 | 34.9 | 11.1 | 11.2 |
| 1990 | 38.6 | 37.6 | 11.4 | 11.2 |
| 1991 | 36.6 | 40.1 | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| 1992 | 29.9 | 43.2 | 13.6 | 12.1 |
| 1993 | 28.5 | 42.3 | 12.2 | 11.3 |
| 1994 | 31.1 | 41.2 | 11.5 | 11.4 |