HC Deb 19 June 1975 vol 893 c493W
Mr. Woof

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what contribution United Kingdom private investment to the EEC industry makes to the growth of the United Kingdom gross national product.

Mr. Dell

Outward investment contributes to the United Kingdom gross national product to the extent that earnings result from it. No separate figures for United Kingdom income from portfolio investment in the EEC are available; the table sets out earnings from direct investment in the years 1970 to 1973, the latest year for which geographical detail has so far been compiled:

United Kingdom earnings from direct investment in the EEC
£ million
1970 1971 1972 1973
101 104 149 276(a)
(a) Six plus Denmark and the Irish Republic