HC Deb 11 March 1968 vol 760 cc214-5W
Sir M. Stoddart-Scott

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the gross amount of capital outflow in the years 1964, 1965, 1966 and 1967; and by how much the gross amount was reduced each year, by short-term borrowings from abroad, long-term borrowings from abroad and by the sale of Government-owned securities held abroad.

Mr. Harold Lever

Balance of payments figures for the period 1964 to September, 1967 were published in Economic Trends for December, 1967. Summary figures for 1967 as a whole will be published on 13th March, with the usual further detail in Economic Trends towards the end of March.

Sir M. Stoddart-Scott

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the amount of the deficit or surplus on current visible trade in the balance of payments in each of the years 1961 to 1967.

Mr. Harold Lever

Provisional estimates for 1965 to 1967 were published in the Board of Trade Journal for 9th February, and slightly revised estimates will be published on 13th March as part of the regular quarterly series of publications relating to the balance of payments as a whole. Estimates for earlier years were published in the United Kingdom Balance of Payments, 1967.