§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the sum at present invested in each issue of National Savings Certificates as a percentage of the total sum invested in that issue.
§ Mr. MacDermotThe estimated sum invested at the end of July, 1965, in each issue of National Savings Certificates (excluding interest) expressed as a percentage of the total value of all units of that issue sold is as follows:
Percentage 1st Issue … … 0.6 2nd Issue … … 0.9 3rd Issue … … 4.1 Conversion Issue … … 6.4 4th Issue … … 5.8 5th Issue … … 6.8 6th Issue … … 7.7 7th Issue … … 8.0 One-pound Issue … … 9.8 8th Issue … … 16.6 9th Issue … … 35.4 10th Issue … … 66.9 11th Issue … … 92.7 (of sales to date)