War Loan

HC Deb 28 April 1988 vol 132 cc258-9W

Mr. Jack

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the register of those holding 3½ per cent. war loan is computerised.

Mr. Lilley

The 3½ per cent. war loan is held on four registers; at the Bank of England, the Bank of Ireland in Belfast and Dublin, and on the national savings stock register. All of these registers are now held on computer, but the computerised registers do not show changes in ownership of war loan prior to computerisation.