Bank of England

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The bank is specifically subject to the Freedom of Information Act in relation to its capacity as the Prudential Regulation Authority.

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Is the unemployment rate a political choice?
Response by Bank of England to Wilson Logan on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Mr Logan Please find attached response to your email dated 5 October below. Yours sincerely Information Access Team, Communications Directorate...
Shareholders of the Bank of England at time of nationalisation
Response by Bank of England to Derek Job on .

Information not held.

Dear Mr Job Please find attached response to your email dated 28 September below. Yours sincerely Information Access Team, Communications Directorat...
Term funding scheme
Response by Bank of England to Frank van Lerven on .

Refused.

Dear Mr van Lerven Please find attached response to your email dated 9 September below. Yours sincerely Information Access Team, Communications Dir...
SIC code non-financial lending
Response by Bank of England to Frank van Lerven on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Mr van Lerven Please find attached response to your email dated 23 August below. Yours sincerely Information Access Team, Communications Direc...
Are Bills of Exchange Legal Tender
Response by Bank of England to Georgios Christodoulou on .

Successful.

Dear Mr Christodoulou Please find attached response to your email dated 13 August below. Yours sincerely Information Access Team, Communications Di...
Term funding scheme
Response by Bank of England to Frank van Lerven on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Mr van Lerven Please find attached response to your 3 emails dated 23 August below and attached. Yours sincerely Information Access Team, Comm...
Term funding scheme
Response by Bank of England to Frank van Lerven on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Mr van Lerven Please find attached response to your 3 emails dated 23 August below and attached. Yours sincerely Information Access Team, Comm...
Flowchart showing the process of how BoE currency is created
Follow up sent to Bank of England by John Walker on .

Successful.

Thank you, Madeline. Very useful. Yours sincerely, John Walker
Bank of England Stock Ownership Prior to Nationalisation
Response by Bank of England to Simon on .

Partially successful.

Dear Mr Smith Please find attached a response to your email of 23 June below. Yours sincerely Information Access Team, Communications Directorate B...
Licences issued by the Bank of England in respect to gold bullion possession, 1966-71
Response by Bank of England to C.J. McDowell on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Mr McDowell Please find attached response to your email dated 7 August below. Yours sincerely Information Access Team, Communications Director...
Bank notes, borrowing and OMO
Response by Bank of England to Matthew on .

Partially successful.

Dear Matthew Please find attached a response to your email of 4 July below. Yours sincerely Information Access Team, Communications Directorate Ban...
Monies owed at point of centralization
Response by Bank of England to Kev Edwards on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Mr Edwards Please find attached response to your email dated 14 July below. Yours sincerely Information Access Team, Communications Directorat...
Underwriting sterling
Response by Bank of England to Gordon Downard on .

Successful.

Dear Mr Downard Please find attached a response to your email of 4 April below. Yours sincerely Information Access Team, Communications Directorate...
Slavery policy
Response by Bank of England to Abdul Hai on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Mr Hai Please find attached response to your email dated 19 June below. Yours sincerely Information Access Team, Communications Directorate Ban...
Lawful Money Vs Legal Tender Revisited
Request sent to Bank of England by Michael Biney on .

Long overdue.

We will be grateful if you would kindly confirm: 1.what is the English phrase for "lawful money" as this is a U.S term and from prior Knowledge th...
Recruitment of new staff
Response by Bank of England to Abdul Hai on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Mr Hai Please find attached a response to your email dated 2 May below. Yours sincerely Information Access Team, Communications Directorate Ban...
Bank of England Nominees Ltd
Request to Bank of England by [Name Removed] (Account suspended). Annotated by WhatDoTheyKnow on .

Partially successful.

WhatDoTheyKnow have acted to remove an element of correspondence from this request. The response dated 5 March 2010 read: "Dear [Name Removed] Pl...
Presentation slides for speech made by Andy Haldane at Bloomberg London
Response by Bank of England to James on .

Successful.

Dear James Please find attached response to your email dated 26 February below. Yours sincerely Information Access Team, Communications Directorate...
Disclosure of staff financial interests
Follow up sent to Bank of England by R Williams on .

Successful.

Thank you for providing the requested information. Your response was very much appreciated. Yours sincerely, R Williams
2019_07July_30 Seeking to understand "bank credit giro" and their usage.
Response by Bank of England to Blaise Tchoula on .

Refused.

Dear Blaise Tchoula Please find attached response to your email dated 21 January below. Yours sincerely Information Access Team, Communications Dir...
ICT Systems
Response by Bank of England to mike cattermole on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Mr Cattermole Please find attached response to your email dated 20 December below. Yours sincerely Information Access Team, Communications Dir...
Bank Deposits
Response by Bank of England to George Tsigarides on .

Refused.

Dear George   I am afraid we are not aware who is ‘authorised’ to provide definitions. You may be able to find this by conducting an internet sear...
Special Trust Accounts
Response by Bank of England to George Tsigarides on .

Refused.

Dear Mr Tsigarides   As you may not be aware, the Freedom of Information Act gives the public the right to request recorded information from publi...
Quantitative easing
Response by Bank of England to James Barwell on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Mr Barwell   Thank you for your email.   The Freedom of Information Act provides members of the public with the right to request recorded...
Intranet queries
Response by Bank of England to Miller Yuraszek1 on .

Successful.

Dear Mr Yuraszek Please find attached a response to your email of 22 October below. Yours sincerely Information Access Team, Communications Directo...

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