§ Mr. Wallasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will list the number and grades of civil servants occupied with the implementation of treaties, trade and other agreements with the USSR and members of the Warsaw Pact, the Commonwealth, the EEC and the USA, respectively, together with an estimate of the volume of trade with each of these four groups during the past 10 years.
§ Mr. DellThe information is not available in the form requested. Staff in the Commercial Relations and Export Divisions of my Department responsible 185W for commercial relations with overseas countries are as follows:—
CRE 1 CRE 2 CRE 3 CRE 4 CRE 5 Multilateral agreements The Americas Africa and Australasia Western Europe Eastern Europe and Asia Middle East US … 1 1 1 1 1 AS … 3 3 2 2 3 Principal … 8 8 5 8 4 SEO … 1 — — — — HEO … 7 10 5 10 4 Supporting staff … 29 43 26 35 14 Total … 49 65 39 56* 26 * Another 10 staff are employed in the International Technological Collaboration Unit.
Following is the information on the value of trade with the four groups of countries concerned:— £ million IMPORTS (c.i.f.) USSR and Warsaw Pact Commonwealth EEC USA 1966 … … … … 241 1,560 1,497 723 1967 … … … … 254 1,543 1,707 812 1968 … … … … 303 1,752 2,062 1,066 1969 … … … … 331 1,835 2,151 1,133 1970 … … … … 354 2,056 2,440 1,174 1971 … … … … 344 2,065 2,915 1,095 1972 … … … … 387 2,114 3,520 1,180 1973 … … … … 545 2,701 5,206 1,622 1974 … … … … 673 3,319 7,713 2,258 1975 … … … … 673 3,274 8,786 2,352 EXPORTS (f.o.b.) 1966 … … … … 151 1,249 1,378 654 1967 … … … … 175 1,172 1,394 642 1968 … … … … 230 1,357 1,741 915 1969 … … … … 230 1,500 2,067 912 1970 … … … … 259 1,589 2,359 944 1971 … … … … 253 1,891 2,660 1,096 1972 … … … … 276 1,802 2,940 1,220 1973 … … … … 323 2,065 4,034 1,525 1974 … … … … 429 2,715 5,516 1,777 1975 … … … … 584 3,246 6,417 1,788