PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Bank Notes (22 February 2018)

Question Asked

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many bank notes were (a) printed and (b) in circulation each year between 2010 and 2017.

Asked by:
Simon Hoare (Conservative)

Answer

This information is available on the Bank of England website at: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/banknote

Summary tables have been reproduced below.

Date

Number of banknotes produced (m)

2009/10

1369

2010/11

1290

2011/12

994

2012/13

1310

2013/14

952

2014/15

843

2015/16

674

2016/17

912

Date

Number of banknotes in circulation (£m)

2010

2576.3

2011

2667.3

2012

2833.9

2013

2993.2

2014

3070.9

2015

3238.7

2016

3420.8

2017

3662.9


Answered by:
Robert Jenrick (Reform UK)
2 March 2018

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