§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish figures showing the deficits or surpluses produced by Cable and Wireless Ltd. during each of the last complete 20 operating years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Les HuckfieldThe pre-tax profit figures published in the Cable and Wireles Group reports and accounts for the years 1957–58 to 1976–77 are as follows:
£ 1957–58 2.9 1958–59 3.9 1959–60 4.0 1960–61 5.1 1961–62 5.2 1962–63 4.8 1963–64 3.7 1964–65 3.7 1965–66 3.6 1966–67 4.3 1967–68 5.8 1968–69 6.8 1969–70 9.1 1971–72 5.6 1972–73 9.6 1973–74 14.7 1974–75 19.0 1975–76 28.4 1976–77 58.2