§ Mr. Jim Marshallasked the Secretary of State for the Environment under the special scheme to supplement local authority lending in England and Wales in 1975–76, how many applicants were referred by councils to nominated building societies; which councils referred applicants; how many advances were offered by building societies; and how many, respectively, have been declined by the applicant or refused by the societies.
§ Mr. ArmstrongInformation in the amount of detail requested is not available centrally. At the end of October this year 15,424 applicants in England and Wales had been offered advances totalling £106 million in value.