§ Sir W. Smithersasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much of each amount of redemptions of Treasury deposits by banks, recorded in the monthly return of debt operations before April, 1942, represented repayments before maturity to cover subscriptions to new Government issues?
§ Sir K. WoodThe figures are as follow:
Period to £ 26th October, 1940 … … 5,500,000 30th November, 1940 … … 25,000,000 31st December, 1940 … … 18,000,000 25th January, 1941 … … 6,500,000 22nd February, 1941 … … 11,000,000 31St March, 1941 … … 2,500,000 26th April, 1941 … … 5,000,000 31st May, 1941 … … 41,000,000 30th June, 1941 … … 27,500,000 26th July, 1941 … … 8,000,000 30th August, 1941 … … 32,500,000 30th September, 1941 … … 2,500,000 25th October, 1941 … … 45,000,000 29th November, 1941 … … 10,500,000 31st December, 1941 … … 23,500,000 31st January, 1942 … … 67,000,000 28th February, 1942 … … 81,500,000 31st March, 1942 … … 119,000,000