§ 26. Mr. Strangasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the public sector borrowing requirement in the next financial year as a percentage of estimated gross domestic product.
§ 29. Mr. Duffyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his most recent estimate of the size of the public sector borrowing requirement in the light of Government expenditure and revenue forecasts for 1983–84.
§ Mr. BrittanTable 1.8 of the autumn statement, published on 8 November 1982, adopts the conventional assumption that the public sector borrowing requirement for 1983–84 will be as shown in the medium term financial strategy published at the time of the last Budget—that is, 2¾ per cent. of gross domestic product at market prices. Decisions about the appropriate level of the PSBR for 1983–84 are a matter for the next Budget Statement.