Interest Payments

Mr. Douglas
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide a table indicating the aggregate and percentage of interest payments by the United Kingdom Government to the public sector borrowing requirement for the latest available 10 years.

Mr. Biffen
The information requested is given in the table below ------
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|1970|
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|1971|
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|1972|
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|1973|
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|1974|
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|1975|
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|1976|
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|1977|
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|1978|
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|1979|
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Source: National Accounts.