Mr. Clendtsonasked the Secretary of State for Trade by how much the United Kingdom balance of payments has benefited from returns on overseas private capital investment in each of the last 10 years; and how much was invested abroad in each of those years by private sources.
§ Mr. MeacherThe available information relates to net private direct investment excluding oil. Figures for the years 1965 to 1975 were given in Table 1 of the article "Overseas direct investment in 1974" on page 800 ofTrade and Industry for 25th June 1976, a copy of which is in the Library.