WAR SAVINGS CAMPAIGN

HC Deb 24 August 1945 vol 413 c971W

Sir W. Smithers

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total of small savings made by citizens of Britain since the war began.

Mr. Dalton

The War Savings Campaign opened on 22nd November, 1939. The total of small savings raised between that date and 14th August, 1945, was £3,651,869,779, made up as follows:

	£
National Savings Certificates	1,420,336,196
Defence Bonds	835,284,642
Increase in balances due to depositors in Post Office Savings Bank and Trustee Savings Banks	1,396,248,941