Public Works Loan Board

HC Deb 24 July 2002 vol 389 cc1193-4W

Mr. Salmond

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much money is on loan from the Public Works Loan Board, broken down by country or region of the United Kingdom; and how much money is available for lending from the PWLB. [72588]

Ruth Kelly

The 127th Annual Report of the Public Works Loan Board, laid before Parliament on 8 July 2002, notes that at 31 March 2002 the following principal amounts were on loan:

	£
England	34,359.0
Scotland	9,254.4
Wales	3,267.6
Total	46,881.0

The Public Works Loan Board does not lend to Northern Ireland authorities.

The maximum amount of loans outstanding to the Public Works Loan Board at any one time should not exceed £55,000 million.