HC Deb 18 January 1990 vol 165 cc343-4W
38. Mr. Sumberg

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total number of revenues realised from the privatisation of nationalised industries and other public bodies over the past seven years.

Mr. Lilley

The net proceeds from privatisation over the last seven years, that is from April 1983 to date, amount to some £26 billion.