HC Deb 17 May 1990 vol 172 cc481-2W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list how much gross domestic product is used for scheduled interest payments(a) in the public sector and (b)in the private sector of the G7 countries.

Mr. Ryder

United Kingdom sector net interest payments and GDP data are published in the CSO "Blue Book", 1989 edition. General Government net interest payments are published in the CSO's "Financial Statistics". Data on sectoral net interest payments and GDP for the other G7 countries are published by the OECD in "National Accounts volume II, 1975–1987".