§ Mr. Tugendhatasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proportion of Great Britain's exports in value terms was accounted for by the top 10 foreign-owned exporting companies in 1970.
§ Mr. John DaviesAbout 9 per cent.
§ Mr. Tugendhatasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he proposes to assemble figures relating to the proportion of the labour force employed by foreign-owned companies, and the proportion of fixed investment in manufacturing industry accounted for by foreign-owned companies for a later year than 1963.
§ Mr. John DaviesThere are no plans to compile separate employment figures for companies of this kind outside the field covered by the Census of Production. Particulars of the numbers they employ, and of their fixed investment, in private manufacturing industry in 1968 and 1970 will be published towards the end of this year in the Reports of the Censuses of Production for those years.
§ Mr. Tugendhatasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the value of imports of cars manufactured 137W abroad by foreign-owned companies with manufacturing subsidiaries in the United Kingdom; and how this compares with the previous year or comparable period.
§ Mr. John DaviesThe information is not available as imports by make are derived from registration statistics, which are collected by number only.
§ Mr. Tugendhatasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what was the value of exports during 1971 of cars manufactured in the United Kingdom by foreign-owned companies to countries in which those companies have manufacturing facilities; and how this compares with the previous year or comparable period;
(2) what was the percentage rate of increase and the actual rate of increase during 1971 of exports of cars manufactured in the United Kingdom by foreign-owned companies to countries in which those companies have manufacturing facilities;
(3) what was the value during 1971 of exports of cars manufactured in the United Kingdom by foreign-owned companies; and how this compares with the previous year or comparable period;
(4) what was the percentage rate of increase and the actual rate of increase during 1971 of exports of cars manufactured in the United Kingdom by foreign owned companies; and how this compares with the previous year or comparable period.
§ Mr. John DaviesCars produced for export by foreign-owned companies in the United Kingdom in 1971 totalled 326,000, a decrease of 26,000 or 7 per cent. on 1970. Value information is confidential and no separate figures for exports by foreign-owned companies to particular countries are available.