§ 40. Colonel WOODCOCKasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the amount of me National Debt per head of the population in respect of the following countries: Great Britain, France, Italy, Russia, Austria, Hungary, Germany, Japan, United States, and Czechoslovakia?
§ Mr. McNEILLWith my hon. and gallant Friend's permission, I will circulate a statement giving the particulars,
| DEBT PER HEAD. | ||||||
| — | Currency. | Debt per Head. | Date. | |||
| U.K. | … | £ | 166.0 | 31st March, 1927. | ||
| France | … | Francs | Internal | … | 7,037.1 | 30th September, 1926. |
| External | … | 6,126.2 | ||||
| Total | … | 13,163.3 | ||||
| Italy | … | Lire | Internal | … | 2,006.1 | 31st December, 1926. |
| External | … | 2,379.9 | ||||
| Total | … | 4,386.0 | ||||
| Russia | … | Roubles | 5.0 | 30th November, 1926. | ||
| Austria | … | Schillinge | 355.1 | 30th June, 126. | ||
| Germany | … | Reichsmarks (exclusive of Reparation Payments). | 34.4 | 28th February, 1927. | ||
| Japan | … | Yen | 86.3 | 30th September, 1926. | ||
| U. S. A. | … | Dollars | 160.8 | 31st March, 1927. | ||
| Czechoslovakia | … | Kr. | 2,944.7 | 31st December, 1926. |
§ It will be appreciated that the national wealth of these various countries to which these debts are related varies very greatly and consequently the effective burden of the debt cannot be judged by mere per capita figures.