Gold: World War II

(asked on 5th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the Bank of England press release Tripartite Commission Holdings of Nazi Gold at the Bank of England, published on 8 May 1997, what became of the (1) 114,637.213 troy ounces of fine gold, and (2) two Prussian State Mint gold bars; whether any of those holdings were subsequently disposed of, on what dates and to whom; and whether any of that gold is physically held in the Bank of England’s vaults as of October 2026.


Answered by
Lord Pitt-Watson Portrait
Lord Pitt-Watson
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 19th October 2026

The Bank of England has confirmed that it no longer holds any gold recovered from Nazi Germany by the Tripartite Commission.[1]

[1] https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20170704160016/http:/www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Pages/foi/disc290116.aspx

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