§ Mr. Gouldasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether and to what extent the United Kingdom banking 723W system is now dependent on short-term deposits from overseas to finance short and medium-term lending in the United Kingdom compared with 1973, 1963 and 1953.
§ Mr. RidleyIt is not possible to attribute particular categories of banks' lending to particular sources of banks' funding in the manner suggested by the hon. Member. Columns 12–17 of Table 11.3 in "Financial Statistics" provide information on banks' assets and liabilities to the overseas sector in sterling and foreign currencies, but this information is not available in a consistent form over the period to which the hon. Member refers.