asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total annual benefit, at the latest convenient date, to the Exchequer from national savings; and what proportion of this comes from Scotland.
In the 12 months ended 30th October 1976 the provisional figures for the total receipts into national savings for the United Kingdom were £7,232 million. The figures for Scotland in the same period were £964 million—13·3 per cent. of the total for the United Kingdom. Repayments out of national savings over the period were £6,864 million. Separate repayment figures for Scotland are not available. The surplus of receipts over repayments for the United Kingdom was £368 million. These figures do not include transactions in the National Savings Stock Register or in National Savings stamps.