asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the annual increase since 1970 for each of the principal industrial countries, plus Canada and Sweden in the savings ratio; and how this compares with the increase in manufacturing output, the money supply and wholesale and retail prices.

ANALYSIS OF DEBT INTEREST FIGURES IN CMND. 7746
£ million, 1979 survey prices
							1978–79	1979–80	1980–81
							outturn	projection	projection
Total public sector debt interest payments						…	9,900	9,900	9,800
less:
Public corporations* debt interest payments to the private sector and overseas					…	…	733	600	500
General government interest receipts from public corporations*, the private sector and overseas	…	…	…	…	…	…	2,513	2,600	2,300
Interest provision from trading activities of certain public corporations† and general government		…	…	…	…	…	3,433	3,400	3,400
Interest support costs			…	…	…	…	300	200	400
equals:
Debt interest on a White Paper basis					…	…	2,921	3,100	3,200
* Other than certain public corporations, listed on page 249 of Cmnd. 7439.
† Interest payments to general government and private sector and overseas.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much of the increase of £117 million, at 1979 survey prices, on expenditure on industry, energy, trade and employment is applicable separately to each of these items.

The information is as follows:

	£ million at 1979 survey prices
Industry	-63
Energy	+10
Trade	+149
Employment	+21

As stated in Cmnd. 7746, the increase in trade follows the once-for-all reduction achieved in 1979–80 by the Trustee Savings Bank taking over some £200 million of outstanding refinance.

I regret that this information cannot be provided without a disproportionate expenditure of time and resources.