§ Mr. TyrieTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the(a)public, (b)private and (c)total borrowing of (i) those higher education institutions in receipt of funding from the Higher Education Funding Councils, (ii) housing associations and (iii) Network Rail was in each year from 1997–98 to 2002–03; and what the latest available figures are for the (A) public, (B) private and (C) total debt of each. [156160]
§ Mr. BoatengDetails of the borrowing for academic years 1997–81 to 2002–03 by higher education institutions in receipt of funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England were published for each year by HEFCE in their "Outcomes of financial forecasts, annual monitoring statements and corporate planning statements", copies of which have been placed in the Library of the House.
Details of the borrowing for financial years 1997–98 to 2002–03 by housing associations are available in the Housing Corporation's Annual Private Finance Monitoring Bulletins 1998 to 2003, copies of which have been placed in the Library of the House.
Network Rail has been responsible for operating, maintaining and renewing Britain's rail infrastructure only since October 2002. Consequently, 2002–03 is the only financial year for which published information on borrowing is available. This is in the company's annual report and accounts copies of which are available in the Library of the House. None of their borrowing at the end of the year was from the public sector. The position for the current year is not yet publicly available.