§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each of the past 10 years the amount of money being invested through friendly societies and the amount of such money being put into single or front-loaded premiums.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe total annual premium and contribution income of registered friendly societies, excluding orders and branches, in each of the past 10 years for which statistics are available is as follows:
Year £000's Year £000's 1972 88,698 1977 126,163 1973 94,724 1978 139,320 1974 104,550 1979 167,784 1975 112,782 1980 197,835 1976 118,113 1981 227,560 Note: These figures are derived from the annual returns submitted by friendly societies to the Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies.
Aggregate figures for single premium contracts and for contracts in which a higher proportion of management expenses are charged against the first year's premium are not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.