§ Mr. TimmsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the figures upon which each line in chart 1 on page 100 of the "Financial Statement and Budget Report" is based. [7222]
§ Mr. Waldegrave[holding answer 2 December 1996]: The figures requested are as follows;
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The 1979 public sector The public sector The public sector excluding industries now privatised Publicly sponsored capital 1985 29.8 1985–86 25.4 17.7 17.7 1986 28.4 1986–87 23.0 16.1 16.1 1987 27.9 1987–88 21.5 15.8 15.8 1988 28.7 1988–89 20.0 14.3 14.3 1989 34.0 1989–90 26.0 20.7 20.7 1990 36.7 1990–91 24.6 20.8 20.8 1991 36.6 1991–92 24.1 22.7 22.7 1992 36.2 1992–93 25.2 23.8 23.8 1993 36.3 1993–94 22.3 21.4 21.5 1994 36.5 1994–95 22.2 21.4 21.6 1995 37.0 1995–96 21.3 20.6 21.0 1996 — 1996–97 19.2 19.2 20.3 1997 — 1997–98 17.2 17.2 19.6 1998 — 1998–99 16.7 16.7 20.2 1999 — 1999–00 16.3 16.3 20.3