§ Mr. Tebbitasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the percapita foreign currency debt of central Government, expressed in terms of US dollars, for June 1970, February 1974 and the latest available date for the
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CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BORROWING end-June 1970 end-February 1974 U.S.$ per capita end-December 1977 United Kingdom* … … … … 132 80 226 United States of America … … … … 8 13 11 France … … … … 26 4 8 West Germany … … … … 5 4 4 Italy … … … … 8 4 90 Japan … … … … n.a. 19 27† * Excludes public sector borrowing under the exchange cover scheme. † End-December 1975. quarter from first quarter 1974 to the latest available date, using the first quarter 1974 as a base of 100 in each case, for the United Kingdom, United States of America, France, West Germany, Japan and Italy.
Mr. Joel Barnert,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 20th March 1978], gave the following information:
United Kingdom, United States of America, France, West Germany, Italy and Japan.
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 20th March 1978], gave the following information:
The following figures are the best available estimates of per capita foreign currency debt of central Government for the specified countries at the nearest available dates. The figures for the foreign countries have been assembled from details in a number of publications and may not be precisely comparable with the figures for the United Kingdom.