HC Deb 24 January 1945 vol 407 c833W
Colonel Lyons

asked the Postmaster-General the number of depositors and the average amount of their deposits in the Post Office Savings Bank for the latest convenient date in 1945.

Captain Crookshank

The total number of depositors in the Post Office Savings Bank at 31st December, 1944, the latest date for which figures can conveniently be given, was approximately 18,950,000 and the average balance due to each depositor was £78 17s.