§ Sir J. FLEMINGasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will furnish, on an early date for the information of the House, a statement of the number of accounts in the Trustee Savings Banks which have remained dormant for twenty years or more; also to give the total amount of such deposits?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWTo ascertain the number of accounts in Trustee Savings Banks dormant for twenty years or more would involve the investigation of nearly 2,000,000 accounts, and I do not feel justified in asking the Trustee Savings Banks with their present very depleted staffs to undertake the task. I have no reason to think that the amount held in dormant accounts in these banks is appreciable.