§ Lieut.-Colonel POWNALLasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether any periodic Return is made by 677W the Treasury showing accounts kept by all departments at the Bank of England, with particulars of the balance on each account?
Mr. YOUNGThe total of the public deposits at the Bank of England is given each week in the Bank Return published under 7 and 8 Viet. cap. 32. The details are not published. I would add that there is some misapprehension in the minds of even well-informed critics as to the manner in which such accounts are kept. In general, each department does not keep a separate account, but its account is pooled in the single Paymaster General's account.