HC Deb 09 June 1937 vol 324 c1769W
Colonel Wedgwood

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the amount of Bank of England notes in average circulation in each of the last three financial years; and what was the amount of the profit on these notes paid by the Bank to the Treasury under Section 6 of the Currency and Bank Notes Act of 1928?

Sir J. Simon

The average weekly amount of Bank of England notes in circulation was:

£
1934–35 381,027,299
1935–36 400,326,267
1936–37 445,638,290