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Mr. John Moore
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1945 (a) the total national debt and (b) national debt per head of population.
| National Debt at 31 March | National Debt per head of population at 31 March | National Debt per head of population at 31 March expressed at the price level of March 1978 | |||
| Year | £m | £ | £ | ||
| 1945 | … | … | 21,366 | 434 | not available |
| 1946 | … | … | 23,637 | 480 | 3,130 |
| 1947 | … | … | 25,631 | 518 | 3,160 |
| 1948 | … | … | 25,621 | 512 | 2,900 |
| 1949 | … | … | 25,168 | 500 | 2,770 |
| 1950 | … | … | 25,802 | 510 | 2,750 |
| 1951 | … | … | 25,922 | 513 | 2,540 |
| 1952 | … | … | 25,891 | 510 | 2,370 |
| 1953 | … | … | 26,051 | 512 | 2,340 |
| 1954 | … | … | 26,583 | 521 | 2,350 |
| 1955 | … | … | 26,934 | 526 | 2,290 |
| 1956 | … | … | 27,039 | 526 | 2,190 |
| 1957 | … | … | 27,008 | 523 | 2,110 |
| 1958 | … | … | 27,232 | 525 | 2,060 |
| 1959 | … | … | 27,376 | 525 | 2,050 |
| 1960 | … | … | 27,733 | 528 | 2,040 |
| 1961 | … | … | 28,252 | 534 | 2,010 |
| 1962 | … | … | 28,674 | 537 | 1,970 |
| 1963 | … | … | 29,848 | 556 | 1,970 |
| 1964 | … | … | 30,226 | 559 | 1,960 |
| 1965 | … | … | 30,441 | 560 | 1,870 |
| 1966 | … | … | 31,341 | 573 | 1,840 |
| 1967 | … | … | 31,986 | 582 | 1,810 |
| 1968 | … | … | 34,194 | 620 | 1,860 |
| 1969 | … | … | 33,984 | 614 | 1,730 |
| 1970 | … | … | 33,079 | 596 | 1,600 |
| 1971 | … | … | 33,442 | 600 | 1,480 |
| 1972 | … | … | 35,840 | 641 | 1,470 |
| 1973 | … | … | 37,1561 | 663 | 1,410 |
| 1974 | … | … | 40,4581 | 722 | 1,350 |
| 1975 | … | … | 46,4051 | 828 | 1,280 |
| 1976 | … | … | 56,584 | 1,010 | 1,290 |
| 1977 | … | … | 66,854 | 1,196 | 1,310 |
| 1978 | … | … | 79,083 | 1,415 | 1,420 |
| 1 Revised; the sterling valuation of foreign currency debt is now based on middle market spot rates of exchange as in subsequent years. | |||||