Gold and Foreign Exchange Reserves

(asked on 1st February 2018) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value of the UK's foreign exchange reserves was in (a) 2013, (b) 2014, (c) 2015, (d) 2016 and (e) 2017.


Answered by
John Glen Portrait
John Glen
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
This question was answered on 6th February 2018

The UK’s official reserves consist of foreign exchange reserves, gold and IMF special drawing rights. The value of these at the end of (a) 2013, (b) 2014, (c) 2015, (d), 2016, and (e) 2017 were as follows: -

End of Year

UK Official Reserves

Of which, UK Foreign Exchange Reserves

(a) 2013

$108.8bn

$66.2bn

(b) 2014

$109.1bn

$72.1bn

(c) 2015

$130.5bn

$95.3bn

(d) 2016

$136.6bn

$100.6bn

(e) 2017

$158.6bn

$114.4bn

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