Consumer Credit (Hansard, 19 July 1989)

§ 19. Mr. Austin Mitchell
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what is the most recent monthly figure for consumer credit.

§ 27. Mr. Graham
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what is the most recent monthly figure for consumer credit.

§ 43. Mrs. Clwyd
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what is the most recent monthly figure for consumer credit.

§ Mr. Maude
The amount outstanding at the end of May was £28.4 billion excluding lending by banks and insurance companies.

§ 54. Mr. Kirkwood
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will make a statement on the level of personal consumer credit.

§ Mr. Maude
The latest available figures for consumer credit are as follows. At the end of March 1989 that amount of consumer credit outstanding on the broad definition, which includes bank lending, was £43.4 billion. On the narrower definition, at the end of May it was £28.4 billion. The vast majority of household borrowing is accounted for by mortgages.