§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the dollar-denominated assets of United Kingdom banks in total and in the form of loans to third countries for each year since 1970.
§ Mr. Ian StewartInformation in the form requested is not available. However, details of the external dollar-denominated claims of United Kingdom banks and other594W financial institutions in total are published in table 14.1 of the "Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin" —in dollar terms — and in table 11.6 of the United Kingdom balance of payments "Pink Book"—converted to sterling terms. The banks' dollar claims on other United Kingdom residents are, of course, excluded. The Bank of England table also identifies total dollar claims on the United States and total foreign currency claims on individual third countries. Both publications are available in the House of Commons Library.