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Mr. Austin Mitchell
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the short-term and long-term interest rates in each available month of 1989 in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) West Germany, (c) the United States of America and (d) Japan.
Mr. Ryder
Short-term and long-term interest rates in each completed month of 1989 are given below. The short-term rates given are three-month money market rates and the long-term rates are for 10 year Government bonds.
| Payments for the Civil List under the Civil List Acts 1937, 1952, 1972 and 1975 | Repaid by Her Majesty The Queen | |
| Year | £ | £ |
| 1982 | 4,616,683 | 304,700 |
| 1983 | 4,833,900 | 318,300 |
| 1984 | 5,017,000 | 331,000 |
| 1985 | 5,180,100 | 341,900 |
| 1986 | 5,400,600 | 355,600 |
| 1987 | 5,661,200 | 371,700 |
| 1988 | 5,922,300 | 386,600 |
| 1989 | 6,195,300 | 400,100 |