§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are his estimates of the(b) public sector's tangible assets, (b) public sector's net financial liabilities and (c) public sector's net worth for each year from 1970–71 to 1997–98 expressed in 1994 prices. [29890]
§ Mr AitkenTable 12.12 in the Central Statistical Office Blue Book provides the information requested for 1984 up to 1993. Included within the table are the relevant CSO identifiers, providing the data as far back as is readily available, for each of (a),(b) and (c).
Forecasts of the public sector's tangible assets and thus net worth are not available. However, forecasts of the public sector's net financial liabilities, as measured by "net public sector debt" were published in table 4.3 of the "Financial Statement and Budget Report 1995–96", revised tables. Table 6A.1 of the FSBR contains the necessary deflators to convert the figures into real terms.