asked the Minister for Finance the amount of the public debt at the end of each financial year since 1969.
Written Answers. - National Debt.
346.
The amount of the National Debt at the end of each financial year since 1969 was as follows:
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Financial year ended |
Amount of the National Debt |
|
|
£m |
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31 March, 1969 |
914 |
|
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31 March, 1970 |
1,009 |
|
|
31 March, 1971 |
1,106 |
|
|
31 March, 1972 |
1,251 |
|
|
31 March, 1973 |
1,421 |
|
|
31 March, 1974 |
1,622 |
|
|
31 December, 1974 |
1,958 |
|
|
31 December, 1975 |
2,651 |
|
|
31 December, 1976 |
3,612 |
|
|
31 December, 1977 |
4,210 |
(provisional) |