§ Mr. DavidTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the(a) amounts and (b) number of premium bond cash prizes in the past three years. [51540]
§ Ruth KellyThe figures are as follows:
Financial year Total number of prizes Total value of prizes (£) 1999–2000 6,924,869 447,366,000 2000–01 8,464,046 593,308,400 2001–02 8,674,844 552,367,550 Gross total for 3 years 24,063,759 1,593,041,950