HC Deb 07 December 1999 vol 340 c520W
Mr. Gill

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the United Kingdom's total gold and currency reserves is now held in euros; what is the total holding of euros; what was their cost; and what is their current market value. [101684]

Miss Melanie Johnson

Table 2 of the Quarterly Report on UK Official Holdings of Foreign Currency and Gold for the period July to September 1999, published on 2 December provides a breakdown of the size and composition of the United Kingdom's reserve holdings.