§ Mrs. LawrenceTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give details of the Government's borrowing programme in 2000–01. [115904]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe main details of the Government's borrowing programme are set out in Annexe B of the Financial Statement and Budget Report, published today. The financing remits for 2000–01 (including the Exchequer Cash Management remit) set by the Government for the Debt Management Office and for National Savings are also published today, in the 2000–01 Debt Management Report. Copies of the Report have been placed in the Libraries of the House. The Report sets out the Government's debt management policy, reviews the Government's borrowing programme in 1999–2000, and provides details of the Government's borrowing programme in 2000–01.