asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of (a) interest payments and (b) capital repayments of servicing the national debt in 1988.
Written Answers. - National Debt.
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The budget Estimate for interest payments on the national debt in 1988 is £1,975 million. The indications at present are that the outturn for the year as a whole will be within the Estimate.
The cost of capital repayments, defined as scheduled repayments of foreign debt and national loans, for 1988 is estimated at £277 million of foreign debt and £1,536 million of national loans.