HC Deb 07 June 1991 vol 192 c371W
Mr. Andrew Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of Her Majesty's Stationery Office documents are printed on recycled paper; and what plans he has to increase the percentage.

Mr. Maples

To calculate the proportion of HMSO documents printed on recycled paper would be possible only at disproportionate cost.

Monthly interest payments1
Region Average new building society mortgages Quarter 2 1988 On (A) at June 1988 9–8 per cent, interest rate, inflated to 1991 prices2 On (A) at current 12–9 per cent, interest rate Difference (C)-(B)
(A) £ (B) £ (C) £ £
Northern region 22,200 169.78 178.99 9.21
Yorkshire and Humberside 23,000 175.90 185.44 9.54
East Midlands 27,000 206.49 217.69 11.20
East Anglia 34,800 278.37 293.48 15.10
Greater London 54,900 483.33 509.55 26.22
South East 44,500 377.28 397.75 20.47
South West 34,900 279.39 294.55 15.16
West Midlands 28,100 214.90 226.56 11.66
North West 24,300 185.84 195.92 10.08
Wales 23,900 182.78 192.69 9.92
Scotland 24,200 185.07 195.11 10.04
Northern Ireland 24,300 185.84 195.92 10.08
United Kingdom 32,900 259.00 273.05 14.05
1 Assuming endowment mortgage, net of basic rate tax relief.
2 Inflated from June 1988 to April 1991 prices by reference to the movement in the RPI.