Money sent to foreign countries

You asked

I would like to know how much money is sent each year to foreign countries, which is not for commercial purposes, such as the export of goods to the UK and the holiday trade.

Please send me a list of all the countries where such monies are sent and the annual amounts sent to them.

I would also like to know how much of the money sent abroad has been paid in cash over bank counters.

We said

We do not have the required detail to answer your request in full. However, the most relevant estimates which we can provide is a country breakdown of “Other payments by households”. This is available here:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/adhocs/006290breakdownofotherpaymentscurrenttransfersbyhouseholdsbycountry

Please note that this series includes: private transfers, fines and penalties, non-capital compensation, education grants, as well as the provision of services or goods for free by churches, charities, clubs and trade union to households oversees. We are unable to publish estimates on these individual items.

We are not able to distinguish between transfers of cash deposits in the data we collect, so cannot provide this requested detail unfortunately.