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3-year fixed-rate British Savings Bonds announced in Spring Budget to go on sale in early April 2024Q3 2023-24 Net Financing of £2.8 billion2023-24 Net Financing whole-year forecast of £10.9 billion (excluding Green Savings Bonds)2024-25 Net Financing target: £9 billion (+/- £4 billion)Announced in today’s Spring Budget, NS&I will be releasing 3-year fixed-rate British Savings Bonds in early April. The Budget also announced the new Net Financing target for 2024-25.

March’s jackpot millionaires are from West Sussex and HampshireOver 5.8 million prizes drawn this month worth over £451 millionTwo £100,000 prizes go to winners in South West Wales and Leeds with holdings of £100 eachERNIE has two Premium Bonds jackpot winners from West Sussex and Hampshire this month.

February’s jackpot millionaires are from Dorset and WandsworthStart a savings habit by investing as little as £25 in Premium BondsOver 5.8 million prizes drawn this monthThis month's £1 million Premium Bonds jackpot winners come from Dorset and Wandsworth, with Agent Million paying special visits to both winners to deliver the life changing news. In February there were more than 5.8 million prizes worth more than £475 million available.

Issue 7 of Green Savings Bonds is released today at a fixed-rate of 2.95% gross/AER over a three-year fixed-termMoney invested in Green Savings Bonds helps finance green projects as part of the UK Government Green Financing FrameworkFunding raised is outside of NS&I’s Net Financing targetA new Issue of Green Savings Bonds has been released today paying 2.95% gross/AER fixed-rate over a three-year term (previous Issue was 3.95% gross/AER).

 New 4.40% prize fund rate for Premium Bonds from March 2024 drawOdds remain the same at 21,000 to 1 for each £1 BondNS&I required to strike a balance between the interests of savers, taxpayers and the broader financial services sectorNS&I is reducing the prize fund rate for Premium Bonds from 4.65% to 4.40% from the March 2024 draw. The odds of any £1 Bond number winning a prize will remain the same at 21,000 to 1.

First two jackpot millionaires of 2024 are from Warwickshire and Nottingham Over 5.8 million prizes worth over £475 million in January 2024 draw Top tips for quickest way to check prizes It is already proving to be a happy new year for two Premium Bonds holders in Warwickshire and Nottingham as NS&I announces the first Premium Bonds £1 million jackpot winners of 2024. This month, there were 5,843,447 prizes, resulting in a total payout of over £475 million. 

This year has been a bumper year for Premium Bonds holders with close to 64 million prizes drawn. Here’s how 2023 looked for Premium Bonds:

IBM will deliver Digital Experience and Digital EnablementSopra Steria will deliver Customer Contact Centre and OperationsAtos preferred bidder for delivering Core Banking, Payments and ReportingA further major milestone has been achieved in NS&I’s transformation programme today, with more strategic procurement packages being awarded. IBM will deliver Digital Experience and Digital Enablement and Sopra Steria will deliver Customer Contact Centre and Operations.

December’s winners are from York and Essex In 2023, more than 63 million prizes have been paid out, worth over £4.6 billion Children won over one million Premium Bonds prizes from December 2022 to November 2023 worth over £72 million Two Agent Millions are kicking off the festive season in style with visits to the December Premium Bonds jackpot winners in York and Essex to tell them they have won the last two £1 million jackpots of the year.

NS&I delivered £7.7 billion of Net Financing in Q2 2023-24, giving a half-year total of £9.8 billion. The figure is part of NS&I’s latest unaudited quarterly results for the second quarter (July-September 2023) of the financial year 2023-24.NS&I’s Net Financing target for 2023-24, set at the Spring Budget 2023, is unchanged, at £7.5 billion (+/- £3 billion). NS&I’s overall Net Financing performance for 2023-24 will be announced as part of its annual results in the summer of 2024.