HC Deb 05 March 1925 vol 181 cc666-9W
Mr. SCURR

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of national savings certificates applied for in each of the Metropolitan boroughs for the years 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923 and 1924; and the total amount held by depositors in each borough at 31st December, 1924?

Mr. CHURCHILL

The annexed table gives the sale figures asked for by the hon. Member, as far as these are available. They are obtained from returns furnished by the local savings committees and in some cases are not complete. In particular, figures are not normally avail-

VALUE OF NATIONAL SAVINGS CERTIFICATES APPLIED FOR IN METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS DURING TEARS 1920–1924.
Name of Borough. 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924
£ £ £ £ £
City of London. … … 315,732 (Oct.-Dec.) 1.279,334 2,985,962 1,520,570 947,854
Battersea … … 43.709 (Oct.-Dec.) 181,159 295,713 99,998 (Jan.-Aug.) Returns not complete.
Bermondsey … … 21,307 (Oct.-Dec.) 77,950 123,891 69,271 40,020
Bethnal Green … … 10138 (Oct.-Dec.) 49,233 92,406 35217: Jan.-Aug.) 58642 (Sept. 23-Jan. 25.)
Camberwell … … 77143 (Oct.-Dec.) 289,286 556,162 341,227 183,651
Chelsea … … 18,416 (Oct-Dec.) 80,514 174,755 105,173 57,872
Deptford … … 26.777 (Oct.-Dec.) 117,939 203,449 122,522 60,385
Finsbury … … 26,103 (Oct.-Dec.) 97,038 203.807 121,290 59,054
Fulham … … 31,650 (Oct.-Dec.) 127,141 253,726 158,746 87,134
Greenwich … … 22,687 (Oct.-Dec.) 88,905 166,177 94,413 7,199 (Jan. & Feb.)
Hackney … … 69850 (Oct.-Dec.) 284,816 522,071 320,969 176.932
Hammersmith … … 147,620 168,323 240527 (Jan.-Ang.) Returns not complete. Returns not complete.
Hampstead … … 35,566 (Oct.-Dec.) 146,069 409,543 213,221 93,185
Holborn … … 53.407 (Oct.-Dec.) 238,011 541,038 327,038 214,381
Islington … … 85438 (Oct.-Dec.) 353,123 681,220 430,702 336,682
Kensington … … 58,733 (Oct.-Dec.) 255,028 608,649 355,530 211,710
Lambeth … … 80,626 (Oct.-Dec.) 328,070 641,879 388,727 200,551 (Jan.-Nov.)
Lewisham … … 137,640 (Jan.-June & Oct.-Dec.) 285,231 568,642 339,462 190,889
Paddington … … 37.191 (Oct.-Dec.) 158,703 321,100 205,343 17,303 (Jan.-Feb.)
Poplar … … 97,604 89,723 165.777 90,873 50 974
St. Marylebone … … 196,208 245,359 479,155 310.66 223,244
St. Pancras … … 53.312 (Oct.-Dec.) 225,603 394,925 231,758 127,020
Shoreditch … … 13,704 (Oct.-Dec.) 55,070 136,573 9,246 39,734
South wark … … 36,121 (Oct.-Dec.) 156,380 314,155 185,387 98,565
Stepney … … 26,271 (Oct.-Dec.) 103,818 243,772 132,282 69,070

able prior to October, 1920, when the each arrangements were made under which a local authority can apply to the Public Works Loan Board for loans up to 50 per cent, of the proceeds of sales in its area. As there are no local records of sales prior to 1920, and no local records of encashments are kept, I cannot give the information asked for in the second part of the question.

Name of Borough. 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924
£ £ £ £ £
Stoke Newington … … 18496 (Oct.-Dec.) 79,904 110,029 (Jan-Sept.) Returns not complete. Returns not complete.
Wandsworth … … 118,330 (Oct.-Dec.) 527,785 1,052,818 611,995 335,672
Westminster … … 215,551 (Oct.-Dec.) 932,144 1,921,746 1,080,056 707,447
Woolwich … … 46,591 (Oct.-Dec.) 202,713 313,563 176,744 79,903 (Jan.-Oct.)