HC Deb 28 July 1971 vol 822 c93W
77. Mr. Idris Owen

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the number of advances made by building societies in 1971 to the latest date for which figures are available; and what relation this bears to the number of advances in the corresponding period of 1970.

Mr. Amery

Three hundred thousand advances were made by building societies in the first six months of 1971, compared with 246,000 in the corresponding period last year.

This represents a 22 per cent. increase in the number of loans made.