Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2019 to Question 207221, which coin issuing authorities have (a) requested permission or (b) indicated intention to request permission to issue new £1 coins.
We can confirm that a number of coin issuing authorities have already indicated an intention to request permission to introduce the new £1 coin in their territories. For reasons of confidentiality and commercial sensitivity, The Royal Mint does not disclose details of any specific enquiries.