§ Mr. Marlowasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish statistics showing for each of the last 10 years (a) the number of building society branches, (b) the total of building society assets, (c) the total of building society assets at 1980 prices and (d) building society assets per branch at 1980 prices.
§ Mr. LawsonStatistics are not yet available for 1980, but the four tables below show the relevant figures for each of the years 1970 to 1979.