Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many bank notes were (a) printed and (b) in circulation each year between 2010 and 2017.
This information is available on the Bank of England website at: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/banknote
Summary tables have been reproduced below.
Date | Number of banknotes produced (m) |
2009/10 | 1369 |
2010/11 | 1290 |
2011/12 | 994 |
2012/13 | 1310 |
2013/14 | 952 |
2014/15 | 843 |
2015/16 | 674 |
2016/17 | 912 |
Date | Number of banknotes in circulation (£m) |
2010 | 2576.3 |
2011 | 2667.3 |
2012 | 2833.9 |
2013 | 2993.2 |
2014 | 3070.9 |
2015 | 3238.7 |
2016 | 3420.8 |
2017 | 3662.9 |