§ 75. Mr. Sir FREDRIC WISEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give an approximate statement, in sterling, of the annual charges and percentages for the National Debt services
| THE FIGURES of annual charges for debt service are as follow. These figures do not include in the case of the United States and Germany the debts of the Federal States; and the results in the three countries are not therefore strictly comparable. | ||||||
| — | Interest. | Redemption. | Total Interest and Redemption. | |||
| Currency. | Sterling. | Currency. | Sterling. | Currency. | Sterling. | |
| $ | £ | $ | £ | $ | £ | |
| United States (30th June, 1925). | 830,000,000 | 170,500,000 | 484,800,000 | 99,600,000 | 1,314,800,000 | 270,100,000 |
| R.M. | R.M. | R.M. | ||||
| Germany (31st March,1925). | 109,800,000 | 5,500,000 | 413,700,000 | 20,700,000 | 523,500,000 | 26,200,000 |
| 1,000,000,000 | 50,000,000 | |||||
| Payments under the Dawes scheme (excluding service of the Dawes Loan). | 76,200,000 | |||||
| United Kingdom Estimate 1925–26. | — | 305,000,000 | — | 50,000,000 | — | 355,000,000 |