§ Mr. WeirTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) if she will list the occasions on which credit licences issued by the Office of Fair Trading under the Consumer Credit Act 1974 were(a) approved, (b)revoked and (c) refused within Scotland, broken down by area; [76541]
(2) how many credit licences were (a)revoked and (b) refused in each of the last five years. [76542]
§ Miss Melanie Johnson[holding answer 23 October 2002]: Information on refusals and revocations of consumer credit licences is available only at national level. The figures for the UK for the last five years are:
Licences revoked Licence applications refused 1997 34 18 1998 15 18 1999 25 27 2000 31 35 2001 21 26 2002 to date 14 25 The number of licences issued to applicants based in Scotland since 18 October 1997 is:
Licences issued 1997 272 1998 1,569 1999 1,312 2000 1,067 2001 1,015 2002 to 30 September 754 Figures for licences issued are not kept on the basis of regions within Scotland. The total number of licences issued in the last five years by postcode area is:
Post code Number AB 587 DD 310 DG 144 EH 966 FK 279 G 1,522 HS 19 IV 232 KA 411 KW 47 KY 384 ML 410 PA 331 PH 221 TD 111 ZE 15