HC Deb 19 May 1966 vol 728 c305W
Mr. Hordern

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the cost to the Exchequer of subsidising local authorities' access to die Public Works Loans Board at the rate of 5⅞ per cent.

Mr. MacDermot

It is estimated that on the total of loans made in 1965–66 some £5 million less will be received in interest payments each year than would have been received if the Exchequer credit rate had been charged.