§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the three industries which contributed most in invisible foreign currency earnings to the United Kingdom economy for the last five years, expressed both in cash terms and as a percentage of total invisible foreign currency earnings.
§ Mr. NobleOmitting the oil industry, for which comparable figures are not available, the following were the industries with the largest invisible earnings overseas:
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Invisible earnings, 1967–1971 Percentage of total invisible £million earnings Shipping* 3,158 15 Tourist industries 1,801 8 Insurance 1,292 6 * Gross earnings of United Kingdom ships, omitting ships chartered abroad.
§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the three industries which contributed most in invisible dollar earnings to the United Kingdom economy for the last five years, expressed both in cash terms, and as a percentage of total invisible dollar earnings.
§ Mr. NobleInvisible earnings in dollars are not known. The industries with the largest invisible earnings from the United States where shipping, the tourist industries and insurance, which together accounted for about one-quarter of all invisible earnings there from 1967 to 1971
§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the five industries which contributed most in foreign earnings to the United Kingdom economy for the last five years, expressed as a percentage of total foreign currency earnings.
§ Mr. NobleOmitting the oil industry, for which comparable figures are not available, the following were the industries with the largest overseas earnings as recorded in the trade statistics or elsewhere:
Minimum List Heading of Standard Industrial Classification. 1968 Percentage of total overseas earnings, 1967–1971 381 Motor vehicle manufacturing 6 705 Shipping 6* Tourist industries 3 383 Aerospace 3 339 "Other non-electrical machinery" 3 *Gross earnings of United Kingdom ships omitting ships; chartered abroad.
§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the five industries which contributed most in dollar earnings for the United Kingdom economy for the last five years; expressed as a percentage of total dollar earnings.
§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what have been the foreign currency earnings of the following industries for the past five years, namely, aerospace, tourism, shipbuilding,
1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 Export earnings (£million) Aerospace* … … … … 205 299 316 247 303 Tourism … … … … 236 282 359 433 491 Shipbuilding* … … … 74 84 67 61 58 Steel* … … … … 208 239 255 306 365 Number of employees in employment in United Kingdom in June (thousands) † ‡ Aerospace … … … … 254 249 247 246 235 219 Shipbuilding … … … 159 156 150 159 163 166 Steel … … … … … 337 327 331 329 331 310 * As recorded in the trade statistics. †Before reclassification. ‡After reclassification.