§ Mr. Gordon BrownTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table in cash terms showing, for each of the years 1979–80 to 1988–89 for each of the organisations which has been included in at least one year in the equivalent of table 4.1 of Cm. 288, all write-offs of loans, public dividend capital or other liabilities, and equivalent information on Goverment-owned companies.
§ Mr. MajorWrite-offs of Government loans and debt for public corporations are given in the table for the calendar years 1979–87. It is not possible to forecast write-offs for 1988–89.
Similar information for all companies that have been Government-owned in at least one year from 1979 is not held centrally and could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.
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Year Organisation Write-off (at outturn prices) £ million 1980 National Freight Corporation 100 1980 British Airways Board 160 1981 British Steel Corporation 3,509 1981 Scottish Development Agency 2 1981 Welsh Development Agency 1 1982 British Steel Corporation 1,000 1982 British Transport Docks Board 81 1983 Port of London Authority 24 1983 National Dock Labour Board 24
Year Organisation Write-off (at outturn prices) £ million 1984 British Telecom 40 1986 New Town Development Corporation 1,591 1986 Development Board for Rural Wales 33 Note: There were no write-offs in 1979, 1985 or 1987.