HC Deb 13 February 1979 vol 962 c505W
Mr. Knox

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report details of the United Kingdom's debt to the central bankers and the International Monetary Fund in respect of each of the years of 1960 to 1978 inclusive.

Mr. Robert Sheldon

The information is given in the following table:

$ million
Year ended Central banks IMF
1960
1961 1,532 1,037
1962
1963
1964 605 998
1965 913 2,370
1966 1,736 2,411
1967 3,454 1,509
1968 5,350 2,724
1969 3,744 2,651
1970 958 2,330
1971 1,084
1972 634
1973 704
1974 605
1975 465
1976 2,788
1977 4,907
1978 * 3,236
* To end of Third quarter, 1978.