asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish information about the net volume of private savings for the 12 month period up to the most recent available date, giving separately the net totals for separate categories as far as possible, namely, unit trusts, National Savings, life assurance other than sponsored pension schemes, building societies, new stock exchange investment, company pension schemes and other personal savings, and the corresponding figures for the previous 12 months.

I would refer the hon. Member to Tables 2 and 8 of the monthly publication "Financial Statistics", a copy of which is available in the library. These tables bring together all the available information about personal saving and borrowing, both quarterly and annually.