Question follow-through · 24485
Public Sector Debt
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the additional cost of the UK's debt interest following the downgrading of the AAA credit rating in each year since 2013.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 16 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 24 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the additional cost of the UK's debt interest following the downgrading of the AAA credit rating in each year since 2013.
20 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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24 Jan 2025
Answer published
Rising global interest rates and inflation have meant debt interest is at its second highest for a financial year since the 1980s. This shows why our fiscal rules – balancing the current budget and reducing net financial debt by 2029-30 – are the right th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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