To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to his answer of 21 January, Official Report, column 127, what percentage of the adult population of Great Britain, who also own other shares, own shares in (a) privatisation issues, (b) Abbey National and (c) Trustee Savings Bank taking these three categories (i) singly and (ii) in combination.

The 1991 Treasury-stock exchange survey showed that, of the adult population in Great Britain who also owned other shares: 9 per cent. owned privatisation issues; 4 per cent. owned Abbey National shares; and 2 per cent. owned Trustee Savings Bank shares. Figures for combinations of holding in privatisation issues, Abbey National shares, and Trustee Savings Bank shares, by adults owning other shares are not available.