National Debt (Hansard, 5 February 2001)

HC Deb 05 February 2001 vol 362 c411W 411W

§ Miss Geraldine Smith
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the national debt was on(a) 2 May 1997 and (b) 31 January. [148972]

§ Mr. Andrew Smith
Public sector net debt has fallen from 43.4 per cent. of GDP on 30 April 1997 to 32.9 per cent of GDP on 31 December 2000, the latest period for which figures are available.