asked the Minister for Finance the amount of money borrowed each year both on the domestic and foreign market by the national Government for the years 1951 to 1986.
Written Answers. - Exchequer Borrowing.
64.
The information requested by the Deputy is shown in the Table below
Exchequer Borrowing
|
Year ended 31 March |
Total Total |
Domestic Domestic |
Foreign Foreign |
|
£m |
£m |
£m |
|
|
1951 |
22 |
15 |
7 |
|
1952 |
41 |
16 |
25 |
|
1953 |
32 |
32 |
|
|
1954 |
33 |
33 |
|
|
1955 |
32 |
32 |
|
|
1956 |
25 |
25 |
|
|
1957 |
35 |
35 |
|
|
1958 |
31 |
31 |
|
|
1959 |
21 |
21 |
|
|
1960 |
32 |
32 |
|
|
1961 |
42 |
42 |
|
|
1962 |
45 |
45 |
|
|
1963 |
52 |
52 |
|
|
1964 |
53 |
53 |
|
|
1965 |
68 |
68 |
|
|
1966 |
90 |
75 |
15 |
|
1967 |
73 |
63 |
10 |
|
1968 |
78 |
78 |
0 |
|
1969 |
119 |
111 |
8 |
|
1970 |
114 |
103 |
11 |
|
1971 |
118 |
101 |
17 |
|
1972 |
128 |
99 |
29 |
|
1973 |
151 |
129 |
22 |
|
1974 |
206 |
162 |
44 |
|
Year ended 31 December 1974 (9 months) |
333 |
186 |
147 |
|
1975 |
601 |
437 |
164 |
|
1976 |
506 |
182 |
324 |
|
1977 |
545 |
459 |
86 |
|
1978 |
810 |
787 |
23 |
|
1979 |
1,009 |
500 |
509 |
|
1980 |
1,217 |
651 |
566 |
|
1981 |
1,722 |
437 |
1,285 |
|
1982 |
1,945 |
797 |
1,148 |
|
1983 |
1,756 |
963 |
793 |
|
1984 |
1,825 |
1,176 |
649 |
|
1985 |
2,015 |
1,209 |
806 |
Details of domestic and foreign borrowing in respect of 1986 will not be available until the end of the year. The total Exchequer borrowing requirement in 1986 is £2,001 million.