§ Mr. Crawfordasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total annual benefit, at the latest convenient date, to the Exchequer from national savings; and what proportion of this comes from Scotland.
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesIn the 12 months ended 30th October 1976 the provisional figures for the total receipts into national savings for the United Kingdom were £7,232 million. The figures for Scotland in the same period were £964 million—13.3 per cent. of the total for the United Kingdom. Repayments out of national savings over the period were £6,864 million. Separate repayment figures for Scotland are not available. The surplus of receipts over repayments for the United 235W Kingdom was £368 million. These figures do not include transactions in the National Savings Stock Register or in National Savings stamps.