§ Mr. David Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will give the most up-to-date total for the financial results of the nationalised industries taken together since 1964;
(2) if he will give figures for the total capital requirements of the nationalised industries financed from the National Loans Fund, other external borrowing, at home, abroad, and from internal resources, respectively, during 1968–69, 1969–70 and 1970–71;
(3) if he will bring up to date the table of capital debt, including revenue written off, for all nationalised industries since 1964.
§ Mr. William Rodgers:I would refer the hon. Member to the Answer my right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary gave on 17th March to my hon. Friend the Member for Dagenham (Mr. Parker) to Table 3 of Cmnd. 3437 and to the National Loans Fund White Paper for 1970–71 (Cmnd. 4333). The other information is given in the table below.
amount paid in premiums to development areas up to 31st March, 1970.
§ Mr. William Rodgers:I regret that the information is not available.