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Written question asked by Brian Jenkins (Labour) on Monday, 12 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 14 December 2005. It was answered by John Healey (Labour) on Thursday, 15 December 2005 on behalf of the Treasury.


Consumer Debt

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average level of consumer debt was in (a) Staffordshire and (b) England in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
Answer

Figures from the Bank of England showed that the level of unsecured consumer debt in the UK in October 2005 was £191,406 million, of which £56,334 million is credit card debt and £135,072 million other. Official regional and average data are not available. The growth in unsecured lending is now at its lowest in over 10 years.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
37831; 440 c2265W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Consumers Debts Credit cards Staffordshire
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk