HC Deb 19 January 1990 vol 165 c434W
Mr. Boateng

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total number of premium bond purchases for each of the last five annual periods for which figures are kept.

Mr. Ryder

[holding answer 18 January 1990]: The number of purchases for each of the last five calendar years has been as follows:

000's
1985 2,530.0
1986 1,949.8
1987 1,962.0
1988 2,036.7
1989 1 1,416.0
1 provisional