§ Mr. Ridleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out, for each of the last 10 years, the total of private British investment overseas, the amount of private British investment which was invested in the less developed countries, and the total of Government aid to the same countries, respectively.
§ Mr. William Rodgersestimates of total United Kingdom private investment 399W overseas are published in Table 22 of the 1969 Balance of Payments "Pink Book". The available estimates of United Kingdom private investment in developing countries are shown below. Further detail for the years 1962 to 1968, and particulars of aid, are given in Annex 2 of the "Pink Book"; for earlier years financial year data on Government aid only are published in Table 290 of the Annual Abstract of Statistics.
UNITED KINGDOM PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES* £ 1960 … … … … 149 1961 … … … … 132 1962 … … … … 75 1963 … … … … 73 1964 … … … … 99 1965 … … … … 157 1966 … … … … 95 1967 … … … … 75 1968 … … … … 79 ⋆Net of disinvestment.