§ Mr. Stuart Hollandasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what shares of the building societies' deposits are represented by the top three, top six and top 10 societies.
§ Mr. Bruce-GardyneThe latest year for which figures are available for all the relevant societies is 1981. For that year the proportion of total shares and deposits of building societies held by the largest three, largest six and largest 10 societies were 45 per cent. 59 per cent. and 71 per cent. respectively.
§ Mr. Stuart Hollandasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many building societies there were in 1951, 1961, 1971, 1981 and 1982.
§ Mr. Bruce-GardyneThe following table shows the number of building societies in Great Britain at the end of the year shown:
1951 1961 1971 1981 1982 807 706 467 253 227