§ Mr. John Mooreasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1945 (a) in current prices, (b)
CURRENT BALANCE OF PAYMENTS £ million United Kingdom Belgium/Luxembourg Denmark France Federal Republic of Germany 1970 … 710 297 -227 124 353 1971 … 1,074 348 -174 218 360 1972 … 126 456 -25 119 299 1973 … -883 470 -189 -282 1,782 1974 … -3,515 389 -419 -2,540 4,191 1975 … -1,617 318 -220 -1 1,823 1976 … -859 -166 -1,057 -3,340 2,153 1977 … 165 ֵ944 -944 -1,859 2,205
£ million Ireland Italy Netherlands USA Japan 1970 … ֵ 376 -218 982 821 1971 … -78 838 -65 -579 2,381 1972 … -54 906 516 -2,394 2,648 1973 … -95 -1,024 955 2,811 -55 1974 … -287 -3,437 881 499 -2,006 1975 … -11 -239 746 7,984 -307 1976 … -145 -1,581 1,337 2,607 2,037 1977 … ֵ ֵ ֵ -7,959 6,324 Sources: United Kingdom—latest published figures. Other countries—International Financial Statistics (June 1978 issue) figures published in US dollars converted to sterling using the average daily exchange rate for each year