HC Deb 02 May 1995 vol 259 c142W
Mr. Sheerman

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs in the United Kingdom are in building societies. [21910]

Miss Widdecombe

Information on the number of jobs held in building societies is not separately available. However, there were 171,000 employees in Great Britain in financial institutions other then banking and bill discounting in December 1994.