§ Lord Swinfenasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will give in tabular form the values of the pound sterling against the United States dollar, the Japanese yen and the Euro since 1 January 1999. [HL933]
§ Lord Mcintosh of HaringeyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics, who has been asked to reply.
Letter to Lord Swinfen from the Director of Social Statistics of the Office for National Statistics, Mr John Pullinger, dated 14 February 2000.
The Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has been asked to reply to your parliamentary Question on exchange rates. I am replying in Dr Holt's absence.
The values of the pound sterling against the United States dollar, the Japanese yen and the Euro are given in the table below. The rates shown are average daily rates (excluding bank holidays and weekends) as recorded by the Bank of England at around 4 p.m. each day.
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Japanese US$ Yen Euro 1999 January 1.6509 187.07 1.4236 1999 February 1.6276 189.69 1.4534 1999 March 1.6220 193.82 1.4902 1999 April 1.6105 192.61 1.5051 1999 May 1.6154 197.22 1.5186 1999 June 1.5950 192.57 1.5374 1999 July 1.5748 188.11 1.5205 1999 August 1.6073 182.19 1.5146 1999 September 1.6243 173.74 1.5458 1999 October 1.6571 175.66 1.5490
Japanese US$ Yen Euro 1999 November 1.6214 169.69 1.5706 1999 December 1.6132 165.70 1.5953 2000 January 1.6402 172.89 1.6201