Public finance bulletin: April 2010

<p><p><p><h4>Headline Comparisons</h4><ul><li><b>Public sector net borrowing</b>, excluding the impact of financial interventions, totalled £163.4bn in 2009&#8722;10. This is £3.1bn lower than the £166.5bn forecast in the March 2010 Budget, but higher than the £96.5bn in 2008&#8722;09.<p><li><b> Public sector net investment</b>, excluding the impact of financial interventions, was £49.7bn in 2009-10. This compares to the £50.0bn forecast in the March 2010 Budget for 2009&#8722;10. <p><li>The <b>current budget deficit</b> in 2009&#8722;10 was £113.7bn, excluding the impact of financial interventions, which is £2.9bn lower than the £116.6bn forecast in the March 2010 Budget. <p><li>Underlying <b>public sector net debt</b> at the end of March 2010 stood at 53.8% of national income, which is lower than the 54.1% forecast in March's Budget. Including the impact of the financial interventions raises headline public sector net debt to 62.0%.</li></ul></p></p></p>