This group holds the registered files of the finance divisions of the Treasury from 1920. They relate to Treasury responsibilities for government borrowing and lending, the general complexion of the domestic financial scene in the public and private sectors, and the balance of payments.
The files of the Financial Enquiries Branch are in T 208. Those of the finance divisions are in T 160 until 1948 and then in T 233, T 236 for Overseas Finance and T 231 for the Exchange Control Division. The files of the division of the Finance Group from 1962 are in T 295 (Exchange Control), and T 317 (Home and General). Files relating to the implementation of decimalisation in 1971 are in T 315.
Papers concerning the Conversion of the 1917 5% War Loan are in T 212.
The files of the Overseas Negotiating Committee Division are in T 238, of the Mutual Aid Division in T 235, of the Overseas Finance (Statistics Division) relating to foreign countries' balance of payments in T 308.
Other registered files are as follows:
European Economic Co-operation Committee (Rowan Committee) (EEC Series), in T 232.
Overseas Finance (Marshall Aid) Division (OFM Series), in T 237.
Accounts Branch (A/CS C Series), in T 276.
Finance, Home and General Division (2FH Series), in T 326.
Overseas Finance Group, Finance (International Monetary) Division (2F[IM] Series), in T 354.
Overseas Finance Group, Finance (European Co-ordination) Division (2EC series) and Finance (European Monetary) Division (2F (EM) series), in T 355.
Overseas Finance Group: Finance (Reserve Management and Sterling Area) Division are in T 358.
Files of the Finance (Statistics) Division (later the Finance (Balance of Payments) Division) are in T 318.