§ Mr. Nottasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide figures showing the domestic and overseas components of the annual estimates of net lending to private sector and overseas in Table 113 of the 1975 supplement to Economic Trends; and if he will provide a similar breakdown for the quarterly changes from 1974 onwards.
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesThe table below shows separate annual estimates of public sector net lending to the private sector and to overseas for the period 1955 to 1974 together with the latest available quarterly figures for 1974 and 1975.
£ million Public sector net lending to Private sector* Overseas 1955 56 19 1956 48 4 1957 52 8 1958 20 7 1959 43 -5 1960 87 40 1961 155 -28 1962 89 51 1963 83 58 1964 131 80 1965 235 77 1966 136 90 1967 116 94 1968 144 73 1969 64 93 1970 149 121 1971 234 157 1972 187 294 1973 525 428 1974 1,134 727 1974—1st Quarter 183 300 2nd Quarter 250 123 3rd Quarter 488 152 4th Quarter 213 152 1975—1st Quarter 310 218 2nd Quarter 162 192 3rd Quarter 333 127 * Includes cash expenditure on company securities, etc. (net). Sources:
National Income and Expenditure Blue Books (annual estimates).
Financial Statistics, January 1976 issue (quarterly figures).