§ Mr. Stuart Hollandasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the cost of the nationalised industries per annum to the public sector borrowing requirement since 1974.
§ Mr. Peter Rees[pursuant to his reply, 11 July 1983, c. 253]: Information is not available for nationalised industries. The figures for public corporations are as follows:
Public Corporations Borrowing Requirement £ million 1974 1,431 1975 2,645 1976 2,829 1977 1,792 1978 1,159 1979 3,726 1980 2,600 1981 307 1982 1,763