§ Mr. D.E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Trade what was the value of direct investment by non-EEC countries
NET DIRECT INVESTMENT* IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY NON-EEC† COUNTRIES £ million 1970 1971 1972 1973 Food, drink and tobacco 11.4 43.5 35.3 69.8 Chemical and allied industries 29.9 53.6 43.1 44.4 Metal manufacture 21.6 21.0 -28.3 7.6 Mechanical engineering and instrument engineering 91.5 50.4 17.0 117.5 Electrical engineering 30.9 65.1 51.8 54.2 Motor vehicle manufacture 11.5 45.8 32.1 47.1 Textiles, leather, clothing and footwear 4.7 2.5 2.3 -6.7 Paper, printing and publishing 5.9 15.0 4.4 26.6 Rubber 5.4 4.7 12.8 1.3 Other manufacture 23.2 13.4 24.2 31.4 Distribution 29.7 29.1 51.2 81.7 Other activities 37.6 66.0 100.7 101.6 Total 303.4‡ 409.9‡ 346.5‡ 576.6‡ * Excluding oil and insurance. † "EEC" means the original six member States in 1970, 1971 and 1972; the other eight member States in 1973. ‡ Components do not necessarily add to totals because each figure has been rounded independently.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Trade what was the value of direct investment by EEC and non-EEC countries, respectively, in Wales during each of the last four years; what were the industrial sectors in which this investment took place, in each year; and what was the value of the investment in each sector.
§ Mr. DeakinsI regret that it is not possible to provide this information. Inward direct investment covers a wide range of financial transactions between overseas companies and the accounting centres of their United Kingdom operations, and it is not possible to allocate such transactions to their individual operating units in different areas of the United Kingdom.