§ Mr. Speedasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if lie will express the net loans, credit facilities and other public sector borrowing agreed from 1st March 1974 to date, in terms of debt per head of United Kingdom population.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThe total amount of foreign currency borrowing by Her Majesty's Government and the public sector in the period, expressed in terms of debt per head of United Kingdom population, is about $300. This figure includes amounts agreed but not yet drawn under the new IMF standby and under the $1.5 billion loan, but does not include the special facility for the sterling balances agreed in January.