asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the public sector borrowing requirement as a percentage of gross domestic product, using national definitions, for each of the following countries for every year since 1945 for which the information can be obtained: the United Kingdom, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, the United States of America and Japan.

I refer the hon. Member to table 17 of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development—(OECD)—publication, "Economic Outlook" No. 22, issued in December 1977 which incorporates information from 1960. Later information in respect of the United Kingdom is shown in the table below.