§ Sir W. Smithersasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will state to the nearest £1,000,000 what amount, respectively, of the £211,000,000 of interest-bearing Ways and Means advances, the £183,000,000 of interest - free Ways and Means advances, the £3,149,000,000 of Treasury Bills and the various loans which made up the total of £13,374,000,000 of other Internal Debt, excluding Funding Loan and Victory Bonds tendered for Death Duties, was held on 31st March, 1944, by each separate Government Department.
§ Sir J. AndersonOf the Internal Debt, other than Floating Debt, the National Debt Commissioners held on 31st March, 1944, a total of £1,559,000,000 for various Funds, accounts of which are published annually; £19,000,000 was held by the Minister of Health on behalf of Approved Societies; and a further £18,000,000 was held in small amounts by a number of other Government Departments.