HC Deb 10 May 2000 vol 349 cc420-1W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish for each year since 1970, the level of the United Kingdom national debt(a) in actual terms, (b) in constant money terms and (c) as a proportion of gross national product; and if he will publish, on the same basis, a projection of these figures for the next five years. [121197]

Mr. Andrew Smith

The table gives the figures requested.

Table 1—Public sector net dept
£ billion % GDP 1998–99 prices
1970–71 38.7 69.6 340.7
1971–72 40.3 65.2 325.4
1972–73 41.8 58.5 312.0
1973–74 46.6 58.4 324.4
1974–75 52.1 52.4 302.9
1975–76 64.7 54.2 300.5
1976–77 73.6 52.6 300.4
1977–78 79.5 49.2 285.9
1978–79 88.6 47.3 286.7
1979–80 98.2 44.1 272.1
1980–81 113.8 46.2 266.7
1981–82 125.2 46.4 267.9
1982–83 132.5 44.9 265.3
1983–84 143.8 45.2 275.1
1984–85 157.2 45.4 285.7
1985–86 162.7 43.6 280.9
1986–87 167.8 41.2 280.8
1987–88 167.4 36.9 266.1
1988–89 153.9 30.7 229.0
1989–90 152.2 27.9 211.4
1990–91 151.3 26.3 194.9
1991–92 166.1 27.6 201.4
1992–93 202.3 32.2 237.5
1993–94 249.4 37.5 285.2
1994–95 289.3 41.1 326.2
1995–96 321.3 43.2 352.1
1996–97 348.5 44.1 370.0
1997–98 352.9 42.1 364.5
1998–99 348.6 39.7 348.6
1999–2000 339.4 36.8 331.1
2000–01 340 35.1 324
2001–02 340 33.6 317
2002–03 347 32.7 315
2003–04 363 32.6 321
2004–05 379 32.6 328

Note:

Figures for public sector net debt in £ billion and as a per cent. of GDP up to 1999–2000 are outturns. Figures for 2000–01 onwards are the Budget 2000 forecasts. The estimate of public sector net debt in 1998–99 prices for 1999–2000 is based on the Budget forecast of the GDP deflator for 1999–2000.

Source:

Tables C3, C4 and C5, Budget 2000 and the Office for National Statistics.