Government Securities
(asked on 17th June 2020) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value is of gilts issued in the (a) UK and (b) rest of the world.
This question was answered on 26th June 2020
As of 31 March 2020, the total market value of gilt holdings was £2,057.80 billion. Overseas investors held a market value of £620.14 billion of gilts, representing 30.1% of total gilt holdings. This left 69.9% of total holdings at a market value of £1,437.66 billion of gilts held in the UK.