§ Mr. RuaneTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will estimate the amount of money saved by those using credit unions in each of the last 10 years; [110244]
(2) how many credit unions (a) there were, (b) were established and (c) were closed in each of the last 10 years. [110212]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested for Great Britain is as follows:
Year Registrations CUs leaving the Register CUs at end of year Shareholding £000 1990 72 0 275 14,968 1991 55 3 327 20,478 1992 57 1 383 28,505 1993 48 4 427 39,492 1994 53 5 475 53,706 1995 63 8 530 70,012 1996 36 16 550 87,686 1997 51 5 596 107,394 1998 47 13 630 126,721 1999 50 14 666 1— 1 Not available until end 2000