Public Sector Borrowing (Foreign Loans)

HC Deb 17 January 1975 vol 884 c193W

Mrs. Winifred Ewing

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the external financing of the public borrowing requirements including direct borrowing by the public sector and foreign currency borrowing through the banks for the first half of the financial year in the years 1971–72, 1972–73 and 1973–74, respectively.

Mr. Dell

The figures for the first half of each financial year are:

	£m
1971–72	1,055
1972–73	1,169
1973–74	384