Data viewer

Browse and export data

Change date range from: to:

Export source data

Date Monthly average amount outstanding of total sterling notes and coin in circulation, excluding backing assets for commercial banknote issue in Scotland and Northern Ireland total (in sterling millions) not seasonally adjusted
[a] [b]
LPMAVAA
31 Jan 1982310
28 Feb 1981167
31 Mar 1981374
30 Apr 1982114
31 May 1982172
30 Jun 1982538
31 Jul 1983189
31 Aug 1983651
30 Sep 1983533
31 Oct 1983324
30 Nov 1983047
31 Dec 1984266
31 Jan 2082672
29 Feb 2081275
31 Mar 2081549
30 Apr 2082139
31 May 2083645
30 Jun 2085923
31 Jul 2087916
31 Aug 2088855
30 Sep 2089337
31 Oct 2089619
30 Nov 2090005
31 Dec 2091895
31 Jan 2191912
28 Feb 2191851
31 Mar 2192843
30 Apr 2194069
31 May 2194803
30 Jun 2195204
31 Jul 2195372
31 Aug 2195600
30 Sep 2195844
31 Oct 2195732
30 Nov 2195688
31 Dec 2196420
31 Jan 2295137
28 Feb 2294052
31 Mar 2294235
30 Apr 2294708
31 May 2294797
30 Jun 2295274
31 Jul 2295049
31 Aug 2295048
30 Sep 2294620
31 Oct 2293849
30 Nov 2293892
31 Dec 2295336
31 Jan 2394162
28 Feb 2393325
31 Mar 2393376
30 Apr 2393832
31 May 2394179
30 Jun 2394228
31 Jul 2394323
31 Aug 2394146
30 Sep 2394012
31 Oct 2394024
30 Nov 2394393
31 Dec 2395741
31 Jan 2494751
29 Feb 2494225
31 Mar 2494751
30 Apr 2495129
31 May 2495440
30 Jun 2495791
31 Jul 2496176
31 Aug 2496438
30 Sep 2496323
31 Oct 2496592
30 Nov 2497170
31 Dec 2498756
31 Jan 2597800
28 Feb 2597617
31 Mar 2598101
30 Apr 2599049
31 May 2599688
30 Jun 2599929
31 Jul 25100597
31 Aug 25101196
30 Sep 25101448
31 Oct 25102062
30 Nov 25102747
31 Dec 25104273

Change date range from: to:

Notes:

[a] Average of amounts outstanding at close of business on Wednesdays within the calendar month.

[b] From November 2009 notes and coin in circulation represents all holdings outside the Bank of England (including those in banks' and building societies' tills), but excluding backing assets for commercial banknote issue in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The effects of the change in definition have been removed from the flows (changes) data. For details, see the October 2009 article in Monetary & Financial Statistics at http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/documents/ms/articles/art1oct09.pdf.