HC Deb 21 November 1977 vol 939 cc533-4W
Mr. Knox

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing for each year since 1945 the total public sector borrowing requirement, the total public sector borrowing requirement per house- hold and the total public sector borrowing requirementper capita.

Mr. Denzil Davies

Estimates of the public sector borrowing requirements are not available for the years prior to 1963. The table below shows the information for the period 1963 to 1976. Any differences between movements in the figures on a per household, and aper capita, basis will reflect changes in both the composition of households and the relative size of the non-household (institutional) population.

Public Sector Borrowing Requirement Public Sector Borrowing Requirement per household Public Sector Borrowing Requirement per capita
£ million £ £
1963 842 47 16
1964 989 55 18
1965 1,205 66 22
1966 961 52 18
1967 1,863 100 34
1968 1,279 68 23
1969 -466 -25 -8
1970 -17 -1
1971 1,373 71 25
1972 2,047 106 37
1973 4,168 213 74
1974 6,336 320 113
1975 10,515 528 188
1976 9,512 476 170

Sources:

National Income Blue Book 1966–76 Table 13.10.

Annual Abstract of Statistics Table 12.

Back to