Treasury written question – answered at on 21 October 2008.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what credit unions were registered in each region of the UK in each year since 1997.
The breakdown of credit union registrations in the UK by region since 1997 is as follows:
1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | Total | |
Scotland | 11 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 46 |
Wales | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
England(1) | 37 | 34 | 38 | 31 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 231 |
Northern Ireland | — | 5 | 6 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 15 |
Total | 50 | 52 | 56 | 40 | 25 | 32 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 310 |
(1) East Midlands, East of England, Greater London, North East, North West, South East, South West, West Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber. |
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