§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the(a) nominal and (b) market value of central Government gross debt was on the latest date for which information is available. [105838]
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Excess winter deaths by underlying cause of death, England and Wales, winter 1993–94 to winter 1997–98 1997–98 1996–97 1995–96 1994–95 1993–94 Number of deaths All causes 22,900 47,680 40,190 27,290 25,900 Influenza 30 370 250 50 110 Pneumonia 5,800 15,290 11,080 6,260 6,550 Acute respiratory infections 80 180 150 100 110 Other respiratory diseases 3,850 7,640 6,320 3,950 3,830 Other causes 13,150 24,200 22,400 16,930 15,300 Percentage of total deaths All causes 100 100 100 100 100 Influenza 0 1 1 0 0 Pneumonia 25 32 28 23 25 Acute respiratory infections 0 0 0 0 0 Other respiratory diseases 17 16 16 14 15 Other causes 57 51 56 62 59
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Matthew Taylor, dated 19 January 2000:
As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary question on central government gross debt.Monthly data for the nominal value of central government gross debt are published in Table 18 of the Bank of England publication Monetary and Financial Statistics (the December 1999 edition providing data up to end-November 1999). At end-November 1999, it was £388.7 billion.The market value of central government gross debt can be estimated from Quarterly balance sheet data published as part of the National Accounts dataset (in Financial Statistics and United Kingdom Economic Accounts). Market value of central government gross debt at end-1999 Q3 was £427.1 billion (nominal value at that date was £395 billion).