§ Mr. Dewarasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing, for both financial years and calendar years, since 1970 (a) general Government non-trading capital consumption, at both current and 1975 prices, (b) capital expenditure by nationalised industries and other public corporations, (c) capital grants to, and net borrowing by, nationalised industries and other public corporations, (d) gross debt interest and (e) net debt interest.
§ Mr. BrittanThe available figures on a national accounts basis are as follows:
330W
(a) General Government non-trading capital consumption £ million Current prices 1975 prices Current prices 1975 prices 1970 301 645 1970–71 311 653 1971 349 680 1971–72 362 689 1972 402 720 1972–73 419 731 1973 497 759 1973–74 524 763 1974 599 747 1974–75 630 741 1975 763 763 1975–76 810 775 1976 908 795 1976–77 936 800 1977 1,030 825 1977–78 1,064 835 1978 1,170 851 1978–79 1,215 856 1979 1,399 874 1979–80 1,475 877 1980 1,751 896 1980–81 1,827 903 1981 1,907 915 1981–82 1,921 919 (b) Gross domestic fixed capital formation* by nationalised industries and other public corporations 1970 1,679 1970–71 1,755 1971 1,862 1971–72 1,870 1972 1,774 1972–73 1,822 1973 2,073 1973–74 2,144 1974 2,859 1974–75 3,206 1975 3,920 1975–76 4,304 1976 4,695 1976–77 4,585 1977 4,779 1977–78 4,790 1978 4,943 1978–79 5,101 1979 5,633 1979–80 5,927 1980 6,782 1980–81 6,939 1981 6,925 1981–82 7,044 1982 7,368 (c)(i) Capital grants to nationalised industries and other public corporations Total Total 1970 76 1970–71 85 1971 84 1971–72 78 1972 122 1972–73 154 1973 152 1973–74 148 1974 215 1974–75 260 1975 285 1975–76 313 1976 381 1976–77 410 1977 442 1977–78 475
Current prices 1975 prices Current prices 1975 prices 1978 529 1978–79 486 1979 519 1979–80 539 1980 596 1980–81 613 1981 693 1981–82 660 1982 620 (c)(ii) Net borrowing by nationalised industries and other public corporations 1970 1,012 1970–71 1,178 1971 1,214 1971–72 952 1972 1,019 1972–73 1,196 1973 1,271 1973–74 1,226 1974 1,481 1974–75 2,129 1975 2,645 1975–76 2,545 1976 2,829 1976–77 2,270 1977 1,792 1977–78 1,444 1978 1,165 1978–79 1,978 1979 3,726 1979–80 2,696 1980 2,600 1980–81 1,633 1981 307 1981–82 2,511 1982 1,807 (d) Gross debt interest 1970 2,144 1970–71 2,128 1971 2,213 1971–72 2,298 1972 2,408 1972–73 2,493 1973 2,982 1973–74 3,318 1974 4,031 1974–75 4,213 1975 4,762 1975–76 5,112 1976 6,078 1976–77 6,429 1977 7,052 1977–78 7,196 1978 7,949 1978–79 8,351 1979 9,793 1979–80 10,601 1980 12,106 1980–81 12,612 1981 13,898 1981–82 14,639 (e) Net debt interest 1970 535 1970–71 465 1971 439 1971–72 474 1972 453 1972–73 432 1973 459 1973–74 552 1974 616 1974–75 632 1975 789 1975–76 1,005 1976 1,228 1976–77 1,423 1977 1,842 1977–78 1,816 1978 2,165 1978–79 2,363 1979 2,903 1979–80 3,567 1980 4,320 1980–81 4,620 1981 5,415 1981–82 5,649 * Net of Sales. † Figures relate to the public sector. They are on a national accounts basis and exclude intra-public sector payments. ‡Figures accord with the definitions of net debt interest set out in The Government's Expenditure Plans Cmnd. 8789.