HC Deb 25 November 1985 vol 87 c466W
Mr. Knox

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the receipts to the Treasury from privatisation have been in each financial year since 1979–80; and what he anticipates the receipts will be in each of the next five financial years, in cash terms and at constant prices.

Mr. Moore

Proceeds treated as special sales of assets, including the planning figures for 1985–86 and subsequent years, are set out in cash terms:

(£ million)
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84
370 405 494 488 1,142

(£ million)
1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
2,091 2,500 4,750 4,750 4,750

No planning figure has been decided for years after 1988–89. Using the assumptions for the GDP deflator given in footnote 2 to table 2.1 of the Autumn Statement, the planning figures for special sales of assets expressed in 1984–85 price levels are as follows:

(£ million)
1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
2,381 4,329 4,183 4,061