BANK NOTE STATISTICS

Stock of Notes in Circulation at end-February (value) (£ millions)

	£5	£10	£20	£50	Other notes*	Total
2004	1,025	5,714	20,070	5,742	3,465	36,015
2005	1,054	5,670	21,649	6,082	960	35,416
2006	1,051	5,591	22,690	6,510	1,071	36,914
2007	1,100	5,886	23,740	6,705	1,018	38,449
2008	1,242	6,115	25,649	7,526	4,447	44,979
2009	1,302	6,304	28,089	8,691	4,222	48,608
2010	1,245	6,399	30,048	9,248	3,280	50,220
2011	1,355	6,493	30,973	9,940	3,433	52,194
* higher value notes used as cover for the note issues of banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland in excess of their fiduciary issues

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Production of Bank of England banknotes

(Millions of Notes)

	£5	£10	£20	£50	Total
2003/04	179	270	276	24	749
2004/05	194	510	136	0	840
2005/06	110	370	468	30	978
2006/07	70	128	271	0	469
2007/08	18	92	882	20	1,012
2008/09	338	400	498	62	1,298
2009/10	183	300	768	118	1,369
2010/11	456	568	266	0	1290

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Issue of Bank of England banknotes by value

(£ Millions)

	£5	£10	£20	£50	Total
2003/04	1,545	3,367	4,589	525	10,027
2004/05	534	2,978	6,363	608	10,482
2005/06	314	2,287	6,825	331	9,757
2006/07	532	3,233	6,551	658	10,973
2007/08	812	3,298	14,416	921	19,447
2008/09	749	3,250	11,718	1,550	17,267
2009/10	655	2,856	9,242	1,312	14,065
2010/11	975	3,033	8,308	1,139	13,455

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Issue of Bank of England banknotes by number of notes

(Millions of Notes)

	£5	£10	£20	£50	Total
2003/04	309	337	229	11	886
2004/05	107	298	318	12	735
2005/06	63	229	341	7	639
2006/07	106	323	328	13	770
2007/08	162	330	721	18	1,231
2008/09	150	325	586	31	1,092
2009/10	131	286	462	26	905
2010/11	195	303	415	23	936

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Destruction of Bank of England banknotes by value

(£ Millions)

	£5	£10	£20	£50	Total
2003/04	585	3,303	4,600	116	8,604
2004/05	768	2,154	4,031	107	7,059
2005/06	485	2,798	5,295	303	8,881
2006/07	674	3,085	5,468	320	9,547
2007/08	945	3,121	10,520	344	14,930
2008/09	754	3,044	7,423	191	11,412
2009/10	735	2,933	8,664	400	12,732
2010/11	746	3,000	13,131	364	17,241

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Destruction of Bank of England banknotes by number of notes

(Millions of Notes)

	£5	£10	£20	£50	Total
2003/04	117	330	230	2	680
2004/05	154	215	202	2	573
2005/06	97	280	265	6	648
2006/07	135	309	273	6	723
2007/08	189	312	526	7	1,034
2008/09	151	304	371	4	830
2009/10	147	293	433	8	882
2010/11	149	300	657	7	1,113

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Damaged or mutilated Bank of England note claims received

	Reason for claim	No of claims	Value of claims (£Thousands)
2003	Torn/part note	17,156	£782
	Chewed/eaten	4,385	£83
	Washed	3,491	£98
	Contaminated	2,256	£19,746
	Fire/flood damage	1,629	£636
		Total: 28,917	Total: £21,345
2004	Torn/part note	17,220	£1,135
	Chewed/eaten	4,272	£86
	Washed	3,238	£89
	Contaminated	2,869	£26,460
	Fire/flood damage	1,579	£761
		Total: 29,178	Total: £28,531
2005	Torn/part note	20,756	£1,955
	Chewed/eaten	4,692	£98
	Washed	3,441	£88
	Contaminated	3,242	£37,557
	Fire/flood damage	1,521	£905
		Total: 33,652	Total: £40,603
2006	Torn/part note	21,755	£2,244
	Chewed/eaten	4,956	£103
	Washed	3,274	£87
	Contaminated	4,116	£35,571
	Fire/flood damage	1,424	£905
		Total: 35,525	Total: £38,910
2007	Torn/part note	19,788	£2,303
	Chewed/eaten	4,748	£92
	Washed	2,826	£73
	Contaminated	4,295	£35,381
	Fire/flood damage	1,454	£2,407
		Total: 33,111	Total: £40,256
2008	Torn/part note	19,235	£2,116
	Chewed/eaten	4,916	£113
	Washed	2,529	£82
	Contaminated	4,287	£30,635
	Fire/flood damage	1,451	£1,026
		Total: 32,418	Total: £33,972
2009	Torn/part note	18,203	£2,701
	Chewed/eaten	5,185	£114
	Washed	2,433	£75
	Contaminated	4,239	£21,970
	Fire/flood damage	1,443	£810
		Total: 31,503	Total: £25,670
2010	Torn/part note	17,289	£3,315
	Chewed/eaten	5,324	£111
	Washed	2,257	£75
	Contaminated	3,728	£13,932
	Fire/flood damage	1,495	£1,348
		Total: 30,093	Total: £18,781