HC Deb 07 March 1996 vol 273 cc338-9W
17. Mr. Purchase

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the level of Government borrowing in the next financial year. [17634]

21. Mr. Touhig

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent estimate he has made of the level of Government borrowing in the next financial year. [17639]

Mr. Waldegrave

The Budget forecast of the public sector borrowing requirement for 1996–97 was £22.5 billion.