HC Deb 02 December 1981 vol 14 c129W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each quarter since the beginning of 1979 the estimated outflow of capital held by residents of the United Kingdom divided between (a) investment and unit trusts, (b) other savings institutions, (c) other corporate bodies and (d) private individuals, together with an estimate of the return which he would expect to be earned on each class of capital.

Mr. Bruce-Gardyne

This information is published inFinancial Statistics, October 1981, as follows: investment trusts—table 8.12—unit trusts—table 8.11—all financial institutions other than banks and licensed deposit takers—table 8.1. An analysis of total overseas investment and other capital transactions is published in table 11.2 of Financial Statistics but no breakdown between other corporate bodies and private individuals is available. It is

£ million
Customs duties Agricultural levies Sugar and isoglucose levies VAT Own Resources Total
1978 714 227 15 * 596 1552
1979 868 230 17 844 1959
1980 861 241 19 741 1862
1981 759 174 24 1188 2145
* In 1978, the United Kingdom paid £596 million based on its share of Community GNP because the VAT own resources system had not then been implemented.