Table B27: Historical series of government expenditure

	£ billion (1999-2000 prices)				Per cent of GDP
	Public sector current expenditure	Public sector net capital expenditure	General government expenditure	Total Managed Expenditure	Public sector current expenditure	Public sector net capital expenditure	General government expenditure	Total Managed Expenditure
1970-71	153.0	30.5	193.0	198.6	32.5	6.5	41.0	42.2
1971-72	160.3	26.7	199.2	203.0	33.0	5.5	41.0	41.8
1972-73	168.3	25.8	207.6	210.9	33.0	5.1	40.7	41.3
1973-74	185.2	29.0	223.2	232.9	34.8	5.4	41.9	43.7
1974-75	204.3	30.4	251.2	255.5	38.8	5.8	47.7	48.6
1975-76	209.3	30.1	251.7	260.3	39.5	5.7	47.5	49.2
1976-77	214.9	24.7	245.0	261.5	40.2	4.6	45.4	48.9
1977-78	211.5	17.3	233.7	250.8	38.2	3.1	42.2	45.2
1978-79	217.9	15.1	244.9	255.6	38.4	2.7	43.1	45.0
1979-80	224.3	14.3	251.4	261.5	38.3	2.4	42.9	44.6
1980-81	231.5	11.2	259.3	266.5	40.6	2.0	45.5	46.7
1981-82	241.5	6.2	263.3	271.4	42.8	1.1	46.7	48.1
1982-83	247.3	9.7	269.2	279.9	42.7	1.7	46.5	48.3
1983-84	254.7	11.6	272.6	289.2	42.4	1.9	45.4	48.1
1984-85	261.3	10.2	278.1	293.5	42.6	1.7	45.3	47.8
1985-86	262.0	8.5	277.0	290.2	41.1	1.3	43.4	45.5
1986-87	266.4	4.9	276.5	291.9	40.1	0.7	41.7	44.0
1987-88	269.6	3.7	277.7	294.2	38.6	0.5	39.7	42.1
1988-89	263.6	1.9	270.8	286.6	36.1	0.3	37.2	39.3
1989-90	264.8	8.1	283.6	294.6	35.7	1.1	38.2	39.7
1990-91	266.2	9.5	284.5	295.0	36.0	1.3	38.5	39.9
1991-92	281.9	12.5	297.8	310.8	38.4	1.7	40.6	42.4
1992-93	296.8	14.2	314.8	326.2	40.2	1.9	42.7	44.2
1993-94	305.9	11.5	324.6	332.3	40.4	1.5	42.9	43.9
1994-95	316.7	10.7	333.4	342.7	40.0	1.4	42.1	43.2
1995-96	321.3	10.0	340.8	347.0	39.7	1.2	42.1	42.9
1996-97	323.5	5.1	335.2	343.6	38.8	0.6	40.2	41.2
1997-98	322.5	4.0	336.2	341.2	37.5	0.5	39.0	39.6
1998-99	320.6	4.1	336.4	339.4	36.4	0.5	38.2	38.5
1999-00	323.9	3.2	340.3	341.5	35.7	0.4	37.5	37.7

Table B27: Historical series of government expenditure

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