Public Sector Debt Repayment (Hansard, 6 July 1989)

§ 51. Mrs. Gorman
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the public sector debt repayment in 1988–89.

§ 189. Mr. Latham
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the public sector debt repayment in 1988–89.

§ Mr. Lilley
The public sector debt repayment in 1988–89 was £.14.4 billion, equivalent to 3 per cent. of GDP. This is the largest net repayment since records on a comparable basis have been kept. A net repayment of around £14 billion has been budgeted for in 1989–90, the third successive year of debt repayment.

§ 63. Mr. Brandon-Bravo
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much of the public debt he estimates will have been repaid by the end of the financial year 1989–90.

§ 115. Mr. Evennett
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much of the public debt will have been repaid by the end of the financial year 1989–90.

§ Mr. Lilley
It is estimated that roughly one sixth of the net public sector debt that has accumulated over several centuries will have been repaid in the three years to 1989–90.