HC Deb 22 September 1931 vol 256 c1482W
Mr. NAYLOR

asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the present total value of British capital in every form of foreign investment; and the approximate total amount of interest per annum received by British investors?

Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER

According to an estimate made by Sir Robert Kindersley, the results of which are stated in an article in the "Economic Journal" for September, 1931, the total nominal amount of British capital invested abroad (i.e., in British and foreign countries) in 1929 was about £3,738,000,000, and the income derived therefrom in that year was estimated at £231,000,000.