HC Deb 21 November 1991 vol 199 cc274-5W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the Treasury rules which determine the construction of, and accounting conventions governing, the public sector borrowing requirement.

Mr. Mellor

The notes to table 2.5 in the Financial Statistics Explanatory Handbook, July 1990 edition, describe how the public sector borrowing requirement is defined and measured. More details are available from further references listed there.