HC Deb 05 December 1988 vol 143 c55W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing for (a) banks, (b) building societies and (c) other licensed depositors the percentage of advances to gross deposits together with the percentage held in, respectively, cash, call money and discounts, special deposits and investments; and if he will provide corresponding figures for 1958, 1968, 1976 and 1978.

Mr. Lilley

The information requested is available as follows:

  1. a. for Banks—in various issues of the Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin, (Table 3.1 in the latest edition). No figures are available for 1958.
  2. b. for Building Societies—in the BSA (Building Societies Association) Bulletin, Table 6, and also in Financial Statistics, Table 7.7. Figures for earlier years are available in "A Compendium of Building Society Statistics", published by the Building Societies Association.
  3. c. for other deposit takers—no separate information is available.