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Dr. Lynne Jones
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the level of net public sector debt per capita in each of the last 25 years for which figures are available. [74876]
Ms Hewitt
The table shows the figures requested.
| Public sector net debt per capita | |||
| Year | Net debt(£ billion)1 | Population(thousands)2 | Net debt per capita (£) |
| 1971 | 38.7 | 55,928 | 692 |
| 1972 | 40.3 | 56,097 | 719 |
| 1973 | 41.8 | 56,223 | 744 |
| 1974 | 46.6 | 56,236 | 828 |
| 1975 | 54.5 | 56,226 | 969 |
| 1976 | 67.5 | 56,216 | 1,200 |
| 1977 | 77.2 | 56,190 | 1,375 |
| 1978 | 83.9 | 56,178 | 1,493 |
| 1979 | 91.2 | 56,240 | 1,622 |
| 1980 | 99.8 | 56,330 | 1,772 |
| 1981 | 115.3 | 56,352 | 2,045 |
| 1982 | 126.8 | 56,318 | 2,251 |
| 1983 | 133.9 | 56,377 | 2,375 |
| 1984 | 145.7 | 56,506 | 2,578 |
| 1985 | 159.4 | 56,685 | 2,811 |
| 1986 | 165.2 | 56,852 | 2,905 |
| 1987 | 170.2 | 57,009 | 2,985 |
| 1988 | 169.9 | 57,158 | 2,972 |
| 1989 | 156.0 | 57,358 | 2,720 |
| 1990 | 153.6 | 57,561 | 2,668 |
| 1991 | 153.4 | 57,808 | 2,653 |
| 1992 | 167.5 | 58,006 | 2,888 |
| 1993 | 204.8 | 58,191 | 3,519 |
| 1994 | 251.7 | 58,395 | 4,310 |
| 1995 | 289.9 | 58,606 | 4,946 |
| 1996 | 322.1 | 58,801 | 5,478 |
| 1997 | 349.8 | 59,009 | 5,928 |
| 1 end-March | |||
| 2 end-June | |||
Source:
Public Sector Net Debt—Bank of England:Statistical Abstract.
Population—ONS Annual Abstract of Statistics.