§ 67. Mr. Awberyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total amount of foreign investments and the 102W income from them for the years 1913, 1920, 1938 and 1945.
§ Sir S. CrippsThe figures are as follows: In 1913, total value about £4,000 million, income £210 million. In 1920, total value £3,200 million to £3,700 million, income £200 million. In 1938 nominal value £3,692 million. These are all private estimates. Gross income from interest, profits and dividends in 1938 is estimated at £205 million and payments at £30 million making a net income of £175 million. No figures are available for the values of investments in 1945, but proceeds of sales during the war amounted to £1,118 million. Gross income in 1945 was £170 million payments £73 million and net income therefore £97 million.