National Savings Certificates

HC Deb 15 December 1965 vol 722 c304W

Mr. Stratton Mills

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make an estimate of the sum at present invested in each issue of National Savings Certificates.

Mr. MacDermot

Estimates of the sum invested—excluding accrued interest—in each issue of National Savings Certificates at the end of July, 1965, are as follows:

Issue	Sum invested (£ million)
First	…	…	2.80
Second	…	…	0.70
Third	…	…	14.20
Conversion	…	…	3.00
Fourth	…	…	2.30
Fifth	…	…	3.70
Sixth	…	…	8.80
Seventh	…	…	135.10
One-pound	…	…	9.30
Eighth	…	…	80.20
Ninth	…	…	331.80
Tenth	…	…	1,134.50
Eleventh	…	…	313.60