[1/2] A general view of the Bank of England (BoE) building, the BoE confirmed to raise interest rates to 1.75%, in London, Britain, August 4, 2022.
Until recently, the government received profits made by the BoE's QE programme when interest rates were low, which totalled 120 billion pounds between March 2009 and March 2022.
"Across the forecast, the Treasury pays 133 billion pounds (to the BoE) to cover these losses, more than reversing the previous 13 years' gains," the Office for Budget Responsibility said in its latest forecast.
It said this figure was sensitive to both changes in the BoE's Bank Rate and gilt prices, meaning the true figure could be much higher or much lower.
BoE Governor Andrew Bailey has said doing so would weaken the central bank's transmission of monetary policy via the banking system.