§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Trade what was the total cost of imports of oil exploration and production and equipment over the last years on a balance of payments basis.
§ Mr. ParkinsonImports of goods for the United Kingdom continental shelf oil and gas programme are provisionally estimated at £144 million (value fob) in 1980. Information for earlier years is published in table 9.1, United Kingdom Balance of Payments, 1980 edition, which is available in the Library.