HC Deb 23 October 1973 vol 861 cc489-90W
Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much coal has been exported to EEC countries by

GROSS INCOME BEFORE DEPRECIATION AS A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS ASSETS
Large companies in certain industries
Food, drink and tobacco Chemicals and allied industries Metal manufacture Non-electrical engineering
1960 … … … … 15.8 16.5 16.0 15.4
1961 … … … … 15.3 13.8 13.1 14.5
1962 … … … … 14.9 13.2 10.1 12.9
1963 … … … … 15.2 13.9 9.7 12.8
1964 … … … … 15.4 14.6 11.4 12.7
1965 … … … … 15.0 13.9 11.1 13.3
1966 … … … … 13.7 12.4 8.9 12.6
1967 … … … … 13.0 12.5 11.2 12.1
1968 … … … … 13.7 14.6 11.8 12.3
1969 … … … … 13.4 14.3 12.4 13.8
1970 … … … … 13.3 12.6 11.4 12.8
1971 … … … … 14.1 12.7 10.9 12.8

Source: Department of Trade and Industry analysis of the accounts of large industrial and commercial quoted companies operating mainly in the United Kingdom; the population of companies covered by this analysis was revised in 1964 and 1969.

Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what have been the comparative average rates of profit in manufacturing industry each year, since 1950 in the United Kingdom, the National Coal Board in the first nine months of this year; and how much this compares with the same period in 1972.

Sir G. Howe

Figures for the nine months ended September 1972 are given under heading SITC(R) 321.4 in Table VI of the September 1972 issue of the monthly "Overseas Trade Statistics" and those for the corresponding period of 1973 will be given in the September 1973 issue due to be published on 25th October.