HC Deb 02 February 1995 vol 253 c790W
13. Mr. David Shaw

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement about the current public sector debt and its forecast growth.

Mr. Aitken

Net public sector debt stood at 38.3 per cent. of GDP at end-March 1994. It is forecast to peak as a share of GDP at end-March 1996, and to decline thereafter.