§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the cash total of exports achieved by the British aerospace industry from 1962 to 1971, inclusive, and for 1972 to date.
§ Mr. OnslowFigures of recorded exports for the years 1962 to 1970 are given in the supplement dated November 1971 to the "Survey of the United Kingdom Aerospace Industry", copies of which are available in the Library. The figures for 1971 and January to October 1972 are £315 million and £326 million, respectively.
§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the total amount of public funds, including grants, loans and written-off debts, received by the British civil aerospace industry from 1962 to 1971, inclusive, and for 1972 to date.
§ Mr. OnslowThe total amounts received were £730 million in the financial years 1962–63 to 1971–72 and £66 million in the year 1972–73 to date. The figures are gross; they take no account of450W receipts which have accrued to Her Majesty's Government under the terms of launching aid and other agreements. They do not include grants available to industry generally.
§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will state, from information available from international sources, the total numbers employed in, and the exports achieved by, the aerospace industries of the United States of America, France, Germany and Japan, at the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. OnslowFollowing is the information:
Total employees in aerospace industry, 1970 (thousands) Value of recorded exports of aircraft, engines and parts, 1970 (millions of U.S. dollars) United States of America 783 3,084 France 106 367 Germany 55 174 Japan 26 35 Sources: Source: Various. OECD Export sales include the value of work done by sub-contractors outside the aerospace industries concerned, to an extent which varies from one industry to another. Re-exports, included above, also vary.