§ Mr. John Garrettasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will list the types of schools attended, and the degree subjects read, by Civil Service administration trainees entering the service in 1979 and 1980.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe information requested is summarised in the following table. The 1979 figures appear, together with other analyses of the background of that year's administration trainee candidates and recruits, in the published report of the Civil Service Commissioners for 1979. The report for 1980 should be ready for publication by early in May.
Table (a): Number of building society branch offices 1970–1979 1970 2,016 1971 2,261 1972 2,522 1973 2,808 1974 3,099 1975 3,375 1976 3,696 1977 4,130 1978 4,595 1979 5,147 Notes:
(1)Source of statistics: annual returns submitted by building societies to Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies.
(2)Figures refer to branch offices staffed full-time by employees of building societies.
117W3. Statistics for 1970 to 1974 leave out of account societies with assets not exceeding £1 million, and for 1975–1979 societies with assets not exceeding £2 million.
Table (b): Total of building society assets 1970ߝ1979 £ 1970 10,818,771,730 1971 12,919,329,528 1972 15,246,461,924 1973 17,545,457,807 1974 20,093,500,333 1975 24,203,749,398 1976 28,202,444,929 1977 34,288,437,889 1978 39,538,355,740 1979 45,789,074,157 Note: Source of statistics: annual returns submitted by building by building societies to the Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies.
Table (c): Total of Building Society Assets 1970–1979, at 1980 Values £ 1970 39,027,498,019 1971 42,585,339,957 1972 46,913,559,036 1973 49,483,820,574 1974 48,835,539,519 1975 47,348,135,877 1976 47,339,177,134 1977 49,680,555,337 1978 52,898,348,090 1979 54,024,961,321 Note: Derivation: the figures in table (b), converted to 1980 values by reference to the annual average of the general index of retail prices.
Table (d): Building Society assets per branch office, 1970–1979 at 1980 values £ 1970 19,358,878 1971 18,834,737 1972 18,601,728 1973 17,622,443 1974 15,758,483 1975 14,029,077 1976 12,808,219 1977 12,029,190 1978 11,512,154 1979 10,496,398 Note: Derivation: the converted figures in table (c), divided by the number of branch offices shown in table (a).