HL Deb 23 January 2001 vol 621 c12WA
Lord Shore of Stepney

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What was the exchange rate between the pound sterling and the deutschmark on 1 January in each year since 1996. [HL383]

Lord McIntosh of Haringey:

The sterling-deutschmark exchange rate (expressed as the number of deutschmark per pound sterling) was as follows:

  • 1 January 1996: 2.233
  • 1 January 1997: 2.638
  • 1 January 1998: 2.960
  • 1 January 1999: 2.772
  • 3 January 2000: 3.124 (no data for 1 January)
  • 1 January 2001: 3.105.