<p>The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is responsible for producing the official economic and fiscal forecasts in the UK. In the latest March 2013 Economic and Fiscal outlook, debt interest payments for each fiscal year in the forecast period can be found in Table 4.29, as follows:</p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top">Table4.29: Key changes to debt interest sinceDecember<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Forecast(£billion)<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">2012-13<br /></td><td valign="top">2013-14<br /></td><td valign="top">2014-15<br /></td><td valign="top">2015-16<br /></td><td valign="top">2016-17<br /></td><td valign="top">2017-18<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">Decemberforecast<br /></td><td valign="top">47.1<br /></td><td valign="top">48.6<br /></td><td valign="top">51.8<br /></td><td valign="top">56.6<br /></td><td valign="top">61.6<br /></td><td valign="top">67.1<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Marchforecast<br /></td><td valign="top">46.5<br /></td><td valign="top">49.5<br /></td><td valign="top">51.8<br /></td><td valign="top">57.8<br /></td><td valign="top">64.4<br /></td><td valign="top">71.3<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Change<br /></td><td valign="top">-0.6<br /></td><td valign="top">0.9<br /></td><td valign="top">0.0<br /></td><td valign="top">1.2<br /></td><td valign="top">2.8<br /></td><td valign="top">4.2<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">ofwhich:<br /></td><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /></tr><tr><td valign="top">Financing<br /></td><td valign="top">0.0<br /></td><td valign="top">-0.2<br /></td><td valign="top">-0.1<br /></td><td valign="top">0.4<br /></td><td valign="top">0.8<br /></td><td valign="top">1.3<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Giltrates<br /></td><td valign="top">0.0<br /></td><td valign="top">0.1<br /></td><td valign="top">0.1<br /></td><td valign="top">0.4<br /></td><td valign="top">1.0<br /></td><td valign="top">1.5<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Shortrates<br /></td><td valign="top">0.0<br /></td><td valign="top">0.0<br /></td><td valign="top">0.0<br /></td><td valign="top">0.1<br /></td><td valign="top">0.1<br /></td><td valign="top">0.3<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Inflation<br /></td><td valign="top">-0.3<br /></td><td valign="top">1.0<br /></td><td valign="top">0.3<br /></td><td valign="top">0.6<br /></td><td valign="top">1.0<br /></td><td valign="top">1.1<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">B&BandNRAM<br /></td><td valign="top">0.0<br /></td><td valign="top">-0.1<br /></td><td valign="top">-0.1<br /></td><td valign="top">-0.3<br /></td><td valign="top">-0.4<br /></td><td valign="top">-0.3<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Other<br /></td><td valign="top">-0.2<br /></td><td valign="top">0.0<br /></td><td valign="top">-0.1<br /></td><td valign="top">0.1<br /></td><td valign="top">0.3<br /></td><td valign="top">0.4<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>Public sector current receipts (PSCR) for each fiscal year in the forecast period can be found in Table 4.7, as follows:</p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top">Table4.7: Currentreceipts<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">£billion<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">Outturn<br /></td><td valign="top">Forecast<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">2011-12<br /></td><td valign="top">2012-13<br /></td><td valign="top">2013-14<br /></td><td valign="top">2014-15<br /></td><td valign="top">2015-16<br /></td><td valign="top">2016-17<br /></td><td valign="top">2017-18<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">Currentreceipts<br /></td><td valign="top">572.6<br /></td><td valign="top">586.8<br /></td><td valign="top">612.4<br /></td><td valign="top">633.1<br /></td><td valign="top">657.6<br /></td><td valign="top">694.1<br /></td><td valign="top">723.0<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Memo.UK oil and gasrevenues<br /></td><td valign="top">11.3<br /></td><td valign="top">6.5<br /></td><td valign="top">6.8<br /></td><td valign="top">6.1<br /></td><td valign="top">4.7<br /></td><td valign="top">4.8<br /></td><td valign="top">4.3<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>The proportion of PSCR required to service debt interest payments for each fiscal year in the forecast period in the following table:</p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">PSCR<br /></td><td valign="top">Debtinterestpayments<br /></td><td valign="top">Proportionof tax revenue required to service debt interest payments(%)<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">2012-13<br /></td><td valign="top">586.8<br /></td><td valign="top">46.5<br /></td><td valign="top">7.9<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2013-14<br /></td><td valign="top">612.4<br /></td><td valign="top">49.5<br /></td><td valign="top">8.1<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2014-15<br /></td><td valign="top">633,1<br /></td><td valign="top">51.8<br /></td><td valign="top">8.2<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2015-16<br /></td><td valign="top">657.6<br /></td><td valign="top">57.8<br /></td><td valign="top">8.8<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2016-17<br /></td><td valign="top">694.1<br /></td><td valign="top">64.4<br /></td><td valign="top">9.3<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2017-18<br /></td><td valign="top">723.0<br /></td><td valign="top">71.3<br /></td><td valign="top">9.9<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>The Government remains committed to reducing the deficit and addressing the permanent structural deterioration in the public finances caused by the lasting impact of the financial crisis. Implementation of the fiscal consolidation plans is well under way. As a result, the Government has made significant progress in reversing the unprecedented rise in borrowing between 2007-08 and 2009-10. Public sector net borrowing has fallen by over a third, from 11.2% of GDP in 2009-10 to 7.0% in 2012-13. Cumulative debt interest payments from 2010-11 to 2015-16 are forecast to be £31 billion lower than expected at the June Budget 2010.</p>