This article, which continues the annual series, analyses the national debt by instrument and by holder.
At 31 March 1980, the nominal total of the national debt was £95.6 billion, some £8 billion higher than at end-March 1979. Official holdings rose only slightly, to £18.2 billion; but market holdings increased by £7.5 billion to £77.4 billion, broadly reflecting the central government borrowing requirement (CGBR) of £8.2 billion in the financial year 1979/80)
Distribution of the national debt at end-March 1980