§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the Budget surplus or deficit in each of the past 20 financial years.
§ Mr. NottFigures for the central Government borrowing requirement are readily available only for the last 14 financial years. They are tabulated below:
£ million 1959–60 281 1960–61 345 1961–62 — 1962–63 - 3 1963–64 379 1964–65 322 1965–66 512 1966–67 747 1967–68 1,342 1968–69 - 277 1969–70 - 1,117 1970–71 13 1971–72 515 1972–73 1,823