§ Sir Paul Bryanasked the Minister for Trade what was the value of contracts won by British companies for goods
1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 (Estimate) £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million (bracketed figures are percentages of the total) England Northern 0.5 (0.9) 0.9 (1.2) 2.5 (2.5) 4.7 (4.1) 2.9 (1.9) North West 2.9 (5.2) 9.1 (12.0) 8.5 (8.5) 12.3 (10.7) 12.5 (8.2) Yorks/Humberside 0.4 (0.7) 0.5 (0.7) 0.6 (0.6) 0.7 (0.6) 5.8 (3.8) East Midlands 0.2 (0.4) 0.4 (0.5) 1.9 (1.9) 1.6 (1.4) 2.0 (1.3) West Midlands 0.3 (0.5) 0.6 (0.8) 3.0 (3.0) 13.7 (11.9) 23.0 (15.0) South West 0.2 (0.4) 0.8 (1.1) 1.4 (1.4) 0.8 (0.7) 0.5 (0.3) East Anglia 0.1 (0.2) 0.2 (0.3) 0.2 (0.2) — (0.0) 0.3 (0.2) South East 28.8 (51.6) 46.5 (61.1) 68.2 (68.0) 72.2 (62.5) 96.1 (62.9) WALES 0.1 (0.2) — (0.0) 0.2 (0.2) 0.1 (0.1) 0.2 (0.1) SCOTLAND 19.4 (34.7) 13.4 (17.5) 7.7 (7.7) 5.3 (4.6) 6.8 (4.4) N. IRELAND 2.9 (5.2) 3.6 (4.8) 6.0 (6.0) 3.9 (3.4) 2.9 (1.9) 55.8 76.0 100.2 115.3 153.0