HC Deb 29 October 1957 vol 575 c10W
71. Mr. Roy Jenkins

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what percentage the supply of money in the United Kingdom, including bank deposits, has risen since 1948; and by how much, over the same period, retail prices have increased.

Mr. P. Thorneycroft

Between 1948 and 1956 the supply of money in the United Kingdom, consisting of notes and coin and bank deposits, has increased by 11 per cent., over the same period retail prices have increased by 36 per cent.