HC Deb 07 February 1975 vol 885 cc655-6W
Mr. Tebbit

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list the overseas borrowings of the nationalised industries for which he is responsible in each of the last 10 years, together with the value of their exports for the same years and the value of their imports of capital goods and services.

Mr. Varley

The information is set out in the following table:

£m.*
1964–65
Coal Industry Gas Electricity
Overseas borrowing
Exports N.A.
Imports N.A. N.A.
£m.*
1965–66
Coal Industry Gas Electricity
Overseas borrowing
Exports N.A.
Imports N.A. N.A.
£m.*
1966–67
Coal Industry Gas Electricity
Overseas borrowing
Exports 13.6
Imports N.A. N.A.
£m.*
1967–68
Coal Industry Gas Electricity
Overseas borrowing
Exports 10.8
Imports N.A. N.A.
£m.*
1968–69
Coal Industry Gas Electricity
Overseas borrowing
Exports 16.0
Imports N.A. N.A.
£m.*
1969–70
Coal Industry Gas Electricity
Overseas borrowing 32.1 21.1
Exports 20.0
Imports N.A. N.A.

£m*
1970–71
Coal Industry Gas Electricity
Overseas borrowing 36.1 15.4
Exports 20.0
Imports N.A. N.A.
£m.*
1971–72
Coal Industry Gas Electricity
Overseas borrowing 20.6
Exports 16.0 0.2
Imports N.A. N.A.
£m.*
1972–73
Coal Industry Gas Electricity
Overseas borrowing 10.4 38.8
Exports 20.0 0.9
Imports N.A. ½m.
£m.*
1973–74
Coal Industry Gas Electricity
Overseas borrowing 26.6 122.1 566.1
Exports 21.5 1.8
Imports N.A. 2.5
* Outturn prices.
N.A.=Not available.
— Nil or negligible.