§ Mr. Knoxasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the undistributed income of industrial and commercial companies in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. RidleyData for the undistributed income of industrial and commercial companies for 1976 to 1980 are set out as follows. The figures are taken from table 9.1 of the January 1982 edition ofFinancial Statistics, a copy of which is available in the House of Commons Library.
I regret that estimates for 1981 are not yet available.
Undistributed income of industrial and commercial companies £ million 1976 13,690 1977 14,999 1978 16,815 1979 19,400 1980 14,572