Public Sector Borrowing Requirement

HC Deb 10 July 1995 vol 263 c376W

Mr. Spellar

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the breakdown of the public sector borrowing requirement in the last fiscal year between central and local government. [32819]

Mr. Waldegrave

Central Government borrowing, on its own account, was £38.3 billion in 1994–95. Local authorities made a net payment of £1.1 billion and public corporations made a net repayment of £1.9 billion.