• Stock of Notes in Circulation
• Production of Bank of England banknotes
• Issue of Bank of England banknotes by value
• Issue of Bank of England banknotes by number of notes
• Destruction of Bank of England banknotes by value
• Destruction of Bank of England banknotes by number of notes
• Stocks of New Banknotes
• Damaged or mutilated Bank of England note claims received

Stock of Notes in Circulation at end-February (value)

(£ millions)

	£5	£10	£20	£50	Other notes*	Total
2004	1,025	5,714	20,070	5,742	3,465	36,015
2005	1,054	5,670	21,649	6,082	960	35,416
2006	1,051	5,591	22,690	6,510	1,071	36,914
2007	1,100	5,886	23,740	6,705	1,018	38,449
2008	1,242	6,115	25,649	7,526	4,447	44,979
2009	1,302	6,304	28,089	8,691	4,222	48,608
* higher value notes used as cover for the note issues of banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland in excess of their fiduciary issues

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Production of Bank of England banknotes

(Millions of Notes)

	£5	£10	£20	£50	Total
2003/04	179	270	276	24	749
2004/05	194	510	136	0	840
2005/06	110	370	468	30	978
2006/07	70	128	271	0	469
2007/08	18	92	882	20	1,012
2008/09	338	400	498	62	1,298

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Issue of Bank of England banknotes by value

(£ Millions)

	£5	£10	£20	£50	Total
2003/04	1,545	3,367	4,589	525	10,027
2004/05	534	2,978	6,363	608	10,482
2005/06	314	2,287	6,825	331	9,757
2006/07	532	3,233	6,551	658	10,973
2007/08	812	3,298	14,416	921	19,447
2008/09	749	3,250	11,718	1,550	17,267

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Issue of Bank of England banknotes by number of notes

(Millions of Notes)

	£5	£10	£20	£50	Total
2003/04	309	337	229	11	886
2004/05	107	298	318	12	735
2005/06	63	229	341	7	639
2006/07	106	323	328	13	770
2007/08	162	330	721	18	1,231
2008/09	150	325	586	31	1,092

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Destruction of Bank of England banknotes by value

(£ Millions)

	£5	£10	£20	£50	Total
2003/04	585	3,303	4,600	116	8,604
2004/05	768	2,154	4,031	107	7,059
2005/06	485	2,798	5,295	303	8,881
2006/07	674	3,085	5,468	320	9,547
2007/08	945	3,121	10,520	344	14,930
2008/09	754	3,044	7,423	191	11,412

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Destruction of Bank of England banknotes by number of notes

(Millions of Notes)

	£5	£10	£20	£50	Total
2003/04	117	330	230	2	680
2004/05	154	215	202	2	573
2005/06	97	280	265	6	648
2006/07	135	309	273	6	723
2007/08	189	312	526	7	1,034
2008/09	151	304	371	4	830

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Stocks of New Banknotes

March 2003 - February 2004

Millions of Notes	£5	£10	£20	£50	Total
March	198	289	343	15	845
April	214	236	278	13	740
May	236	256	264	12	768
June	236	264	316	12	829
July	211	303	331	11	855
August	226	313	304	10	852
September	208	295	285	20	809
October	178	263	317	30	788
November	144	216	341	31	733
December	105	190	346	30	671
January	96	188	377	30	691
February	111	208	375	29	723
Average 2003/04	180	252	323	20	775

March 2004 - February 2005

Millions of Notes	£5	£10	£20	£50	Total
March	101	253	355	28	738
April	87	281	321	27	717
May	88	266	303	26	683
June	138	225	279	24	665
July	164	247	250	22	683
August	187	258	231	20	697
September	176	274	256	20	726
October	169	303	279	19	770
November	190	335	250	19	793
December	181	310	143	17	651
January	210	395	165	17	788
February	200	428	191	17	836
Average 2004/05	158	298	252	21	729

March 2005 - February 2006

Millions of Notes	£5	£10	£20	£50	Total
March	192	443	221	17	873
April	187	489	248	17	940
May	199	482	274	17	972
June	247	466	279	16	1,008
July	240	470	302	15	1,028
August	233	490	325	14	1,062
September	227	498	329	24	1,078
October	221	533	328	34	1,116
November	217	546	332	34	1,128
December	217	531	340	34	1,122
January	210	546	333	33	1,122
February	247	593	322	33	1,194
Average 2005/06	220	507	303	24	1,054

March 2006 - February 2007

Millions of Notes	£5	£10	£20	£50	Total
March	273	601	300	32	1,206
April	296	606	253	31	1,187
May	294	603	229	31	1,156
June	286	607	245	29	1,168
July	278	598	217	28	1,120
August	267	565	170	27	1,028
September	255	538	170	25	989
October	238	523	172	25	958
November	226	492	197	24	939
December	220	426	152	21	819
January	215	409	72	23	718
February	210	397	134	20	761
Average 2006/07	255	530	193	26	1,004

March 2007 - February 2008

Millions of Notes	£5	£10	£20	£50	Total
March	203	392	451	18	1,064
April	190	406	543	31	1,170
May	173	344	470	17	1,004
June	155	322	480	16	973
July	138	291	456	12	897
August	129	249	418	9	806
September	114	226	379	8	727
October	96	183	336	12	628
November	84	183	311	13	591
December	70	156	263	11	500
January	58	171	286	20	536
February	82	157	326	20	585
Average 2007/08	124	257	393	16	790

March 2008 - February 2009

Millions of Notes	£5	£10	£20	£50	Total
March	60	150	230	19	459
April	59	139	259	17	475
May	96	109	236	14	455
June	107	95	232	12	446
July	94	154	227	9	484
August	77	178	208	12	476
September	66	182	225	15	488
October	85	226	258	17	586
November	85	273	264	20	643
December	84	285	205	27	601
January	98	268	184	32	581
February	123	244	194	42	602
Average 2008/09	86	192	227	20	525

 

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Damaged or mutilated Bank of England note claims received

	Reason for claim	No of claims rec’d	Value of claims rec’d
2003	Torn/part note	17,156	£782,000
	Chewed/eaten	4,385	£83,000
	Washed	3,491	£98,000
	Contaminated	2,256	£19,746,000
	Fire/flood damage	1,629	£636,000
		Total: 28,917	Total: £21,345,000
2004	Torn/part note	17,220	£1,135,000
	Chewed/eaten	4,272	£86,000
	Washed	3,238	£89,000
	Contaminated	2,869	£26,460,000
	Fire/flood damage	1,579	£761,000
		Total: 29,178	Total: £28,531,000
2005	Torn/part note	20,756	£1,955,000
	Chewed/eaten	4,692	£98,000
	Washed	3,441	£88,000
	Contaminated	3,242	£37,557,000
	Fire/flood damage	1,521	£905,000
		Total: 33,652	Total: £40,603,000
2006	Torn/part note	21,755	£2,244,000
	Chewed/eaten	4,956	£103,000
	Washed	3,274	£87,000
	Contaminated	4,116	£35,571,000
	Fire/flood damage	1,424	£905,000
		Total: 35,525	Total: £38,910,000
2007	Torn/part note	19,788	£2,303,000
	Chewed/eaten	4,748	£92,000
	Washed	2,826	£73,000
	Contaminated	4,295	£35,381,000
	Fire/flood damage	1,454	£2,407,000
		Total: 33,111	Total: £40,256,000
2008	Torn/part note	19,235	£2,116,209
	Chewed/eaten	4,916	£113,134
	Washed	2,529	£82,128
	Contaminated	4,287	£30,634,960
	Fire/flood damage	1,451	£1,026,452
		Total: 32,418	Total: £33,972,885