§ Mr. Freudasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will list in the Official Report the number of people who used the nomination facility to transfer private savings to their nominee in each of the last five years; and what, if any, were the administrative costs of the facility in each of those years.
§ Mr. LawsonThe number of people who nominated national savings to pass, on their death, to their nominee in each of the last five years, and the administrative costs of registering and maintaining these nominations, were as follows: 155W
Year Number Costs £ 1976 28,568 83,392 1977 32,566 90,849 1978 34,002 99,852 1979 32,342 124,365 1980 35,051 144,693