Government Debt

HC Deb 08 December 1995 vol 268 c410W

Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the annual interest bill paid on Government debt for each year since 1978. [4328]

Mr. Waldegrave

Central Government net debt interest payments, which score in GGE(X), are shown in the table.

Central Government net debt interest payments
	£ million
1978–79	3,225
1979–80	4,453
1980–81	5,336
1981–82	6,172
1982–83	6,937
1983–84	8,391
1984–85	9,818
1985–86	10,389
1986–87	11,363
1987–88	11,977
1988–89	12,317
1989–90	12,195
1990–91	12,413
1991–92	11,500
1992–93	12,902
1993–94	14,845
1994–95	17,617