UK Borrowing Banknotes and Banks

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Dear Her Majesty’s Treasury,

1) Could you kindly provide the public with information regarding how much debt does uk have?

2) Who did Britain borrow this money from?

3)Could you please provide information as to what constitute a Bank

4)What constitute a Banknote ?

Yours faithfully,

Blaise Tchoula

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From: Blaise Tchoula [mailto:[FOI #416094 email]]
Sent: 04 July 2017 20:12
To: FOI Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - UK Borrowing Banknotes and Banks

Dear Her Majesty’s Treasury,

1) Could you kindly provide the public with information regarding how much debt does uk have?

2) Who did Britain borrow this money from?

3)Could you please provide information as to what constitute a Bank

4)What constitute a Banknote ?

Yours faithfully,

Blaise Tchoula

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https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/economy...

http://www.prarulebook.co.uk/rulebook/Gl...

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict...

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Dear Her Majesty’s Treasury,

You have answered my question in the way that i do not understand. My questions are as simple as this and would you please provide your answer under each one of the questions

1) Would you kindly provide the public with information regarding how much debt in pounds does uk have till date? (if possible provide a table reflecting the pass 6 years)?

2) Who did Britain borrow this money from? The persons, the people the money came from? Example when i want to borrow money i go to my friend or the Bank and they will give me £ notes or make it available to me.
2)(a) That process allow them to only provide me with what they got and i assume that the money is there energy, and they have obtain it in a transparent way and not through some accounting tricks or any other illegal or/and unlawful act that they are hiding from me. example making money out of thin air and without telling that. Please take that into account when responding to my question.

3)Could you please provide information as to what constitute a Bank.? May i ask you to revisit the question and taking into account the fact that a Bank is defined in the Bill of Exchange Act 1882, is that the correct definition that must be employed by court?

4)What constitute a Banknote ?
4)(a) All Bank of England Banknote clearly states and in capital letters "I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF ......... POUNDS" does that mean that this is simply a promissory note with no real or intrinsic value?

5) Would you please also provide information about what a promissory note is?

6)Would you please provide information about the Treasury and any other representative of the Crown obligation to accept promissory notes?
6)(a) Where there is any fundamental difference in promissory notes please provide information and information as to why this are not accepted by the Tresuary and any other Crown representatives.?

Yours faithfully,

Blaise Tchoula

Yours sincerely,

Blaise Tchoula

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Dear Mr Tchoula,

Please find attached HM Treasury's response to your Freedom of Information request. Below are the links cited in the attached response:

http://www.dmo.gov.uk/index.aspx?page=pu...

https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/economy...

http://www.prarulebook.co.uk/rulebook/Gl...

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes...

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict...

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict...

Yours sincerely

Information Rights Unit | Correspondence and Information Rights Team | HM Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ | www.gov.uk/hm-treasury

-----Original Message-----
From: Blaise Tchoula [mailto:[FOI #416094 email]]
Sent: 05 September 2017 16:37
To: FOI Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Re: FOI2017/11645 response

Dear Her Majesty’s Treasury,

You have answered my question in the way that i do not understand. My questions are as simple as this and would you please provide your answer under each one of the questions

1) Would you kindly provide the public with information regarding how much debt in pounds does uk have till date? (if possible provide a table reflecting the pass 6 years)?

2) Who did Britain borrow this money from? The persons, the people the money came from? Example when i want to borrow money i go to my friend or the Bank and they will give me £ notes or make it available to me.
2)(a) That process allow them to only provide me with what they got and i assume that the money is there energy, and they have obtain it in a transparent way and not through some accounting tricks or any other illegal or/and unlawful act that they are hiding from me. example making money out of thin air and without telling that. Please take that into account when responding to my question.

3)Could you please provide information as to what constitute a Bank.? May i ask you to revisit the question and taking into account the fact that a Bank is defined in the Bill of Exchange Act 1882, is that the correct definition that must be employed by court?

4)What constitute a Banknote ?
4)(a) All Bank of England Banknote clearly states and in capital letters "I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF ......... POUNDS" does that mean that this is simply a promissory note with no real or intrinsic value?

5) Would you please also provide information about what a promissory note is?

6)Would you please provide information about the Treasury and any other representative of the Crown obligation to accept promissory notes?
6)(a) Where there is any fundamental difference in promissory notes please provide information and information as to why this are not accepted by the Tresuary and any other Crown representatives.?

Yours faithfully,

Blaise Tchoula

Yours sincerely,

Blaise Tchoula

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Dear Blaise

Please find attached our response to your Freedom of Information request. Please find clickable versions of the links contained in our response below:

http://www.dmo.gov.uk/index.aspx?page=pu...

https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/economy...

http://www.prarulebook.co.uk/rulebook/Gl...

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict...

Kind regards

Information Rights Case Advisor | Information Rights Unit | Correspondence and Information Rights Team | HM Treasury | www.gov.uk/hm-treasury 

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