§ Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) if he will publish in the Official Report the total volume of (a) computer and (b) computer component imports into the United Kingdom in each year from 1975 to 1980;
(2) if he will list in the Official Report the principal countries exporting computers and computer components to the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. ParkinsonInformation on the value and, where appropriate, the quantity of imports of computers and8W computer components in the period 1975 to 1980 is contained in table 3 of Business Monitor PQ 366, "Electronic Computers" for the fourth quarters of 1976, 1978 and 1980. Copies of this publication are in the Library.
The principal countries of consignment of United Kingdom imports of the above items in 1980 were the USA, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, the Irish Republic, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Sweden.