HC Deb 15 February 2000 vol 344 cc528-9W
Mr. Ruane

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will estimate the amount of money saved by those using credit unions in each of the last 10 years; [110244]

(2) how many credit unions (a) there were, (b) were established and (c) were closed in each of the last 10 years. [110212]

Miss Melanie Johnson

The information requested for Great Britain is as follows:

Year Registrations CUs leaving the Register CUs at end of year Shareholding £000
1990 72 0 275 14,968
1991 55 3 327 20,478
1992 57 1 383 28,505
1993 48 4 427 39,492
1994 53 5 475 53,706
1995 63 8 530 70,012
1996 36 16 550 87,686
1997 51 5 596 107,394
1998 47 13 630 126,721
1999 50 14 666 1
1 Not available until end 2000