§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table for 1950, 1960, 1965, 1970 and each year thereafter, showing borrowing requirement as a percentage of total production by the following industries: agriculture, forestry and fishery, mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, gas, electricity and water, transport, communication, distributive trades, insurance, banking and finance, and business services.
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesThe table below shows the public sector borrowing requirement as a percentage of the production of those industries. The output figures used cover only the value added in the industries and exclude the cost of materials and fuel and purchased services. No estimate is available of the public sector borrowing requirement on the current definition in 1950, and the first available figure—1955—is given.
Public sector borrowing requirement as percentage of value of output of certain industries 1955 … … … 3.6 1960 … … … 1.9 1965 … … … 5.0 1970 … … … -0.5 1971 … … … 3.7 1972 … … … 4.9 1973 … … … 8.3 1974 … … … 10.7 1975 … … … 14.8