HC Deb 17 February 1965 vol 706 cc230-1W
Mr. Tilney

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing the notes and coin issue, the figure of the internal national debt, and the figures of the external national debt at 5th April, respectively, in each year since 1914.

Mr. MacDermot

The following is the information:

Notes in circulation Coin in circulation National Debt
Internal External
£ million
1914 … 29 38 650 —
1915 … 75 46 1,105 —
1916 … 141 53 2,072 61
1917 … 183 57 3,611 400
1918 … 276 65 4,823 1,049
1919 … 403 69 6,070 1,365
1920 … 440 71 6,550 1,279
1921 … 472 72 6,413 1,161
1922 … 422 68 6,565 1,089
1923 … 408 63 6,586 1,156
1924 … 406 63 6,515 1,126
1925 … 408 64 6,476 1,122
1926 … 437 64 6,448 1,111
1927 … 425 64 6,454 1,101
1928 … 423 66 6,433 1,095
1929 … 363 65 6,415 1,085
1930 … 357 65 6,395 1,074
1931 … 357 67 6,346 1,067
1932 … 361 66 6,343 …
1933 … 367 66 6,584 …
1934 … 379 67 6,786 …
1935 … 387 68 6,764 …
1936 … 413 70 6,759 …
1937 … 474 74 6,765 …
1938 … 485 76 6,994 …
1939 … 482 81 7,131 …
1940 … 542 86 7,899 …
1941 … 615 92 10,364 2
1942 … 759 103 12,931 110
1943 … 935 110 15,560 263
1944 … 1,105 117 18,307 255
1945 … 1,236 125 21,130 236
1946 … ,334 133 23,268 369
1947 … 1,400 138 24,864 767
1948 … 1,246 160 24,066 1,555
1949 … 1,251 160 23,573 1,595
1950 … 1,267 156 23,612 2,190
1951 … 1,320 155 23,730 2,192
1952 … 1,394 154 23,722 2,168
1953 … 1,509 161 23,888 2,163
1954 … 1,577 164 24,468 2,115
1955 … 1,696 169 24,804 2,130
1956 … 1,841 179 24,964 2,075
1957 … 1,915 183 24,942 2,065
1958 … 2,018 185 25,069 2,163
1959 … 2,072 187 25,189 2,187
1960 … 2,153 192 25,690 2,043
1961 … 2,270 204 26,273 1,979
1962 … 2,302 207 26,752 1,922
1963 … 2,334 214 27,973 1875
1964 … 2,525 224 28,391 1,835

NOTES

  1. (i) The figures for the internal and external National Debt are as at 31st March annually. The figures for Notes in circulation are as at the nearest Wednesday to the 31st March annually; the figures for Coin are as at 31st December annually.
  2. (ii) Service of the external debt arising from the 1914-18 war was suspended under the Hoover moratorium in 1931. Thereafter this debt has been excluded from the Table.