HC Deb 10 January 1995 vol 252 cc22-3W
Mr. Hain

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the Post Office's external finance limit for each year since 1979; and what are the projected figures for future planned years.

Mr. Charles Wardle

The Post Office's actual and planned external finance limits since 1979 are as follows:

£ Million Actual
1979–80 -34.0
1980–81 -7.7
1981–82 -13.4
1982–83 -59.7
1983–84 -61.5
1984–85 -99.5
1985–86 -74.7
1986–87 -93.1
1987–88 -80.0
1988–89 -102.0
1989–90 -1101.9
1990–91 nil
1991–92 -74
1992–93 -80
1993–94 -182