| Heading: |
Gold and Foreign Exchange Reserves |
| Question ID: |
1809545 |
| UIN: |
57605 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-04 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5193 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Callum Anderson
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| Asking Member handle: |
_CallumAnderson
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@_CallumAnderson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she takes to assess the resilience of the UK's international reserves to potential (a) geopolitical and (b) macroeconomic shocks. |
| Is named day: |
false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-09 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4077 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Emma Reynolds
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| Answering Member handle: |
emmaforwycombe
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@emmaforwycombe
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| Answer text: |
The Exchange Equalisation Account (EEA) holds the UK government’s official reserves. HM Treasury appoints the Bank of England as its agent to carry out the day-to-day management of the reserves. The reserves are managed to ensure that the policy objective... |
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| Answering body ID: |
14 |
| Answering body name: |
Treasury |
| Tweeted: |
true |