HC Deb 21 December 1965 vol 722 c410W
Mr. Stratton Mills

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the sum at present invested in each issue of National Savings Certificates as a percentage of the total sum invested in that issue.

Mr. MacDermot

The estimated sum invested at the end of July, 1965, in each issue of National Savings Certificates (excluding interest) expressed as a percentage of the total value of all units of that issue sold is as follows:

Percentage
1st Issue 0.6
2nd Issue 0.9
3rd Issue 4.1
Conversion Issue 6.4
4th Issue 5.8
5th Issue 6.8
6th Issue 7.7
7th Issue 8.0
One-pound Issue 9.8
8th Issue 16.6
9th Issue 35.4
10th Issue 66.9
11th Issue 92.7 (of sales to date)