§ Mr. Gouldasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the inward and outward capital flows for the United Kingdom in the years 1979 to 1984; and what information 61W he has as to how these compare with the figures for the United States of America, Japan, Germany and Australia, respectively.
§ Mr. Ian Stewart[pursuant to his reply, 8 March 1985.]: Total capital movements into or out of the United Kingdom are available only on a net basis. They are identical in size to the total balance on the current account of the balance of payments but are recorded in the accounts with the reverse sign. The latest figures for 1982–4 were published on 7 March in the United Kingdom balance of payments press notice. Comparable figures for earlier years will be published in the March issue of Economic Trends; an advance copy of the relevant tables is available in the Library. Table 1 shows the summary account; tables 9 and 10 show, respectively, net investment flows into and out of the United Kingdom, which are included within the total of investment and other capital transactions (other than official financing) in the summary table.
Figures 000's Region No. of cases* Uncleared cases* at January 1985 January 1984 January 1983 January 1982 East London 315 70 69 62 82 North London 323 91 94 82 112 South London 414 113 123 94 153 West London 463 115 123 109 156 Eastern counties 2,167 544 387 325 365 Greater Manchester 3,013 548 404 435 729 North 2,639 475 304 261 457 North West 2,487 364 309 263 418 South East 2,485 570 506 410 552 South West 1,398 277 223 179 297 South Yorkshire 3,410 626 483 384 658 West Midlands 2,672 671 277 315 439 Wales 3,465 372 235 243 518 Scotland 3,422 561 418 407 814 Northern Ireland 593 146 103 81 163 Totals 29,266 5,543 4.058 3,650 5,913 * "Cases" represent employment etc. courses within PAYE and taxpayers with multiple sources will be counted more than once. The total given is for 1984–85.