Credit And Home Owners

Mr. Austin Mitchell
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the increase in the amount of credit in each year since 1985; and how much of this was provided in the form of mortgages to home-owners for spending for other purposes.

Mr. Maples
Full information is not available in the form requested. However, figures for the increase in the amount of credit supplied each year since 1985 including loans for house purchase are contained in Financial Statistics table 9.3.