Bank of England: destroyed banknotes in the United Kingdom (UK) 2003/2004-2017/2018
This statistic illustrates the total number of British banknotes of all denominations removed from circulation and destroyed by the Bank of England in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2003/2004 to 2017/2018. It can be seen that the number of British banknotes removed from circulation fluctuated during the period under observation, reaching a total of 1.2 billion notes as of 2017/2018. The lowest number of British banknotes removed from circulation and destroyed in one year was more than 570 million notes, in the period 2004/2005.