Overseas Investments (Income)

HC Deb 08 April 1954 vol 526 c81W

Mr. Russell

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the net income from overseas investments for each of the years 1946 to 1953, inclusive.

Mr. R. A. Butler

U.K. net overseas income may be obtained by comparing items 3 and 10 of Table 1 of Cmd. 9119, as follows: —

					U.K. net income from overseas investments
					£m.
1946	…	…	…	…	62
1947	…	…	…	…	93
1948	…	…	…	…	89
1949	…	…	…	…	94
1950	…	…	…	…	554
1951	…	…	…	…	125
1952	…	…	…	…	77
1953	…	…	…	…	49