§ Mr. Fernyhoughasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for each EEC country the number of banks which are State owned and controlled and the percentage of the banking system that they represent in the respective countries.
Full time Part time Total (counting part-timers as half-units) 1st February 1974 73,612 3,046* 75,135 (including 5,554 staff on short-term engagements) 1st November 1978 83,992 3,266 85,625 (including 1,132 staff on short-term engagements) *This is an estimate based on the figures at 1st January and 1st April 1974.