§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection what was the amount of hire purchase debt for the years 1974 and 1975 and up to the latest available date.
§ Mr. John FraserFigures up to August 1976 have been published in the "Monthly Digest of Statistics" and in greater detail, in Business Monitors SD6 "Instalment credit business of finance houses" and SD8 "Instalment credit business of retailers", all of which are available in the Library. The latest date for which figures are available is the end of September 1976, when the hire-purchase and other instalment debt outstanding to retailers and finance houses was £2,465 million. The Business Monitors containing the September 1976 figures will be published shortly.