HC Deb 05 August 1976 vol 916 c995W
Mr. Jay

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the balance of current invisible transactions of the United Kingdom with the EEC Six in 1970 and in the latest period for which figures are available.

Mr. Joel Barnett

Figures for the balance of current invisible transactions of the United Kingdom with the EEC in 1970 are not available. The information available relating to the United Kingdom's invisible transactions with the other eight EEC countries in 1973 and 1974 is published in Table 44 of the "Pink Book"—"UK Balance of Payments 1964–74 "—which is in the Library. An explanation of the major conceptual problems and practical difficulties which accompany these estimates can be found on pages 56–58 of the same volume.