asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1945 (a) the Government deficit or surplus, (b) the Government deficit or surplus expressed in terms of £ sterling per family, and (c) the Government deficit or surplus expressed in terms of £ sterling per head of population.

The information is given in the following table. Government deficit or surplus has been taken to mean the financial deficit or surplus of the central Government. Its relation to the central Government borrowing requirement and public sector borrowing requirement is shown in Table 6 of the Financial Statement and Budget Report for 1975–76.