Industrial Provident Societies (Hansard, 5 July 2001)

HC Deb 05 July 2001 vol 371 cc311-2W 312W

Mr. Gareth R. Thomas
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many new industrial provident societies have been registered in each of the last five years; and in what areas. [2338]

§ Ruth Kelly
The table provides details of all industrial and provident societies; including credit unions, which have been registered each year since 1996.

Registered in:

Calendar years/entities England and Wales Scotland Total

1996

I&Ps 183 16 199

Credit unions 35 1 36

1997

I&Ps 175 11 186

Credit unions 39 12 51

1998

I&Ps 175 13 188

Credit unions 40 7 47

1999

I&Ps 187 14 201

Credit unions 43 7 50

2000

I&Ps 147 13 160

Credit unions 34 5 39

2001¹

I&Ps 70 4 74

Credit unions 10 0 10

Total

I&Ps 937 71 1,008

Credit unions 201 32 233

¹ To date

Source:
Registry of Friendly Societies—2001