§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) if he will list the proportion of gross domestic product invested abroad 223W by British-based firms; and if he will present similar data for each EEC member State, Japan and the United States of America, for 1945, 1950, 1955, 1960 and each subsequent year;
(2) if he will list the money value of overseas investment made by British firms in 1945, 1950, 1955, 1960 and each subsequent year; and if he will present these data as a percentage of gross domestic product;
(3) if he will present in tabular form the money value of investment abroad by British-based firms; and if he will express this as a percentage of the total home investment by these firms in 1945, 1950, 1955, 1960 and each subsequent year.
§ Mr. ParkinsonFor purposes of international comparison, the only broadly comparable information available relates to United Kingdom direct investment abroad (excluding oil) and to United
Direct Investment Overseas by UK companies (1) Direct Investment Overseas by US companies as ratio of Gross National Product at current prices (2) Value Ratio to gross National Product at current prices £m per cent per cent 1960 … … … … 250 1.1 N/A 1961 … … … … 226 0.9 N/A 1962 … … … … 209 0.8 N/A 1963 … … … … 236 0.9 0.6 1964 … … … … 263 0.9 0.6 1965 … … … … 308 1.0 0.8 1966 … … … … 276 0.8 0.7 1967 … … … … 281 0.8 0.6 1968 … … … … 410 1.1 0.6 1969 … … … … 549 1.4 0.6 1970 … … … … 546 1.2 0.8 1971 … … … … 676 1.4 0.7 1972 … … … … 737 1.3 0.7 1973 … … … … 1,621 2.5 0.9 1974 … … … … 1,575 2.1 0.6 1975 … … … … 1,094 1.2 0.9 1976 … … … … 2,108 1.9 0.7 1977 … … … … 1,790 1.4 0.6 1978(p) … … … 1,915 1.4 N/A (1) Source: Department of Trade's Overseas Transactions Inquiry results of which published in Business Monitor, M4, Overseas Transactions. (2) Derived from various issues of US Department of Commerce "Survey of Current Business". (3) Provisional.