HC Deb 24 June 1999 vol 333 c459W
25. Mr. Wilkinson

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the present value in sterling of the United Kingdom's gold reserves; and what its valuation was on 1 January. [87082]

Mr. Milburn

Table 2 of the Quarterly Report on UK Official Holdings of Foreign Currency and Gold for the period October to December 1998 and January to March 1999 provide a breakdown of the size and composition of the United Kingdom's reserve holdings.