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Mr. Collick
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of the National Debt in 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940, 1950 and 1953, giving the amount per head of the population for each of those years.
Mr. Maudling
The required figures are:
| — | Debt Outstanding, 31st March* | Amount per head of population† |
| £000 | £ | |
| 1900 | 628,979 | 15 |
| 1910 | 713,245 | 16 |
| 1920 | 6,846,663 | 147 |
| 1930 | 6,424,387 | 140 |
| 1940 | 7,899,214 | 164 |
| 1950 | 25,802,287 | 512 |
| 1953 | 26,051,213 | 515 |
| NOTES: | ||
| * Excluding external debts arising out of the war of 1914–18. | ||
| † Based on estimated population. | ||