Balance of Payments

HC Deb 24 February 1983 vol 37 c523W

29. Mr. Colvin

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the balance of payments surplus for 1978 and for 1982.

Mr. Hayhoe

The surplus on the current account of the balance of payments in 1982 is estimated to have been £4.6 billion compared with £1 billion in 1978.