§ Mr. Gouldasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the other transactions referred to in line 84 ag in the United Kingdom section of the International Financial Statistics Yearbook for 1983; and if he will provide a breakdown on this basis for each year since 1977.
§ Mr. Ian Stewart'The information is as follows:
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1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Cost of Exchange cover Scheme on Repayment of Principal -17 -99 -148 7 61 -68 -88 -290 Commercial Bills; Issue Department of the Bank of England 304 12 -12 -403 -2,559 -4,714 725 -3,062 Government Guaranteed Stock (Redemptions) 100 14 540 30 0 0 0 0 Local Authority Debt 438 -286 -338 262 174 -19 -26 75 Public Corporation Debt 0 0 0 0 -42 31 -32 -29 Total 839 -310 -41 -70 -2,506 -4,919 806 -3,635 These figures include the latest revisions. The component series can be seen in Financial Statistics tables 3.4 and 3.4 (continued). A detailed description of the series is given in the notes on these tables in the Financial Statistics Explanatory Handbook.