§ Mr. John Mooreasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1945 (a) the amount of the 629W Government's internal debt, (b) the Government's internal debt per head of population, (c) the amount of interest payable on the Government's internal debt and (d) the amount of interest payable on the Government's internal debt per head of population.
§ Mr. Denzil Davies,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 2nd August 1978], gave the following answer:
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT DEBT,(1) HELD OUTSIDE THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SECTOR OTHER THAN OVERSEAS HOLDINGS AND INTERESTS PAYMENTS THEREON Debt outstanding at 31 March Interest payments during year (a) In value terms £million (b) Per head of population £ Expressed at March 1977 prices £ (c) In value terms £ million (d) Per head of population £ Expressed at average 1977 prices £ 1964 … … — — — 847 15.7 51.2 1965 … … — — — 860 15.8 49.2 1966 … … 24,304 445 1,310 892 16.3 48.9 1967 … … 25,003 455 1,294 950 17.3 50.5 1968 … … 25,451 461 1,268 1,042 18.9 52.8 1969 … … 24,727 447 1,157 985 17.8 47.2 1970 … … 26,589 479 1,179 1,043 18.8 46.8 1971 … … 27,822 499 1,129 1,159 20.8 47.3 1972 … … 30,844 552 1,161 1,369 24.5 52.0 1973 … … 31,019 554 1,077 1,542 27.5 53.5 1974 … … 32,778 585 1,002 1,846 32.9 55.2 1975 … … 37,756 674 953 2,212 39.5 53.3 1976 … … 47,019 840 981 3,145 56.2 65.1 1977 … … 56,328 1,007 1,007 3,956 70.7 70.7 (1) Including Government guaranteed stocks of nationalised industries, which cannot be distinguished from Government securities in a sector analysis of holdings.