asked the Minister for Finance the total amount of our national debt and the amount of interest to be paid on the year ending 1979.
Written Answers. - National Debt.
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The amount of the national debt is computed only at the end of each financial year. The amount of the national debt at 31 December 1978, the latest date for which figures are available was £5,236 million.
Interest payments on the national debt in 1979 are estimated at £545.6 million.
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asked the Minister for Finance the amount of the national debt at present.
The amount of the national debt is computed only at the end of each financial year. The amount of the national debt at 31 December 1978, the latest date for which figures are available, was £5,236 million.