§ Mr. HainTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give comparable figures for the proportion of bank loans to industry which are for periods of five years or more, for each OECD country, for the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Maples[holding answer 18 November 1991]: No data are available in the form requested—that is,
Country (currency/unit) Year Short-term loans A (up to 2 years) Long-term loans B (more than 2 years) Proportion of long term loans to total loans B/(A + B) Per cent. Austria (Sch billion) 1985 83 68 45.0 Belgium (BFr billion) 1988 655 890 57.6 Japan (Yen trillion) 1988 221 173 43.9 Netherlands (F1 billion) 1988 29 42 58.9 Spain (Pta billion) 1989 1,695 4,478 72.5 United Kingdom (£ billion) 1989 20 20 49.8 United States ($ billion) 1989 152 462 75.3 Yugoslavia (D billion) 1984 1,599 2,922 64.6