To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) total amount and (b) percentage of GDP was of public sector net debt for the UK in each year since 1996. (137124)

These public sector net debt series are published monthly in tables A7 and A8 of the Public Finances Databank, the latest version of which can be found at:

http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/economic_data_and_tools/finance_spending statistics/pubsec_finance/psf_statistics.cfm