United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 49921
Ministry of Defence: Gold and Foreign Exchange Reserves
Introduced
24 October 2016
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31 October 2016 · Answer
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Defence
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31 October 2016
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department holds any foreign currency reserves.
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24 October 2016
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department holds any foreign currency reserves.
Source: Commons
31 October 2016
Answer
The Ministry of Defence has a forward purchase programme for foreign currency, using services provided by the Bank of England as agent for HM Treasury's Exchange Equalisation Account. This provides the Department with a degree of price stability that is c...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2016-10-24/49921
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/619866
- uk · wq-619866 · source updated 31 October 2016