HC Deb 28 February 1978 vol 945 cc140-1W
Mr. Robin F. Cook

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the latest available date the number of applications to the Building Society Special Fund and the number granted by each local authority.

Mr. Hugh D. Brown

From 1st April 1977 to 31st January 1978, 336 offers of loan, amounting to £2.5 million, were granted under the support lending scheme by building societies in Scotland. Figures for referrals by individual district councils to building societies are not collected centrally.