PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Business: Loans (16 June 2014)

Question Asked

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the next dataset of bank lending by postcode from the major UK banks will be released; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by:
Gareth Thomas (Labour)

Answer

In July 2013 the Government announced that it had reached an agreement with the major UK banks to publish lending data across 10,000 individual postcodes.

The first dataset was published in December 2013 and shows the outstanding stock of lending that has been committed to customers across three categories; loans and overdrafts to SMEs, mortgages and unsecured personal loans (excluding credit cards).

The data is published quarterly, and the next publication is expected in July 2014.


Answered by:
Andrea Leadsom (Conservative)
19 June 2014

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