§ Mr. David ShawTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the national debt of each EC country, Japan and the United States of America in local currency; what proportion such debt is of gross national product; and whether such debt for each country includes public sector pension liabilities where those pension liabilities are not provided by private sector funds.
§ Mr. NelsonData on Government debt in local currencies are available in the IMF's Government finance statistics yearbook and on gross national product in he OECD's national accounts, copies of which are available in the House Library. Contingent liabilities arising from public sector pensions are not included in the Government debt figures in the IMF's Government finance statistics yearbook.