HC Deb 16 February 1982 vol 18 cc86-7W
Mr. Knox

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the undistributed income of public corporations in each of the past five years.

Mr. Ridley

[pursuant to his reply, 11 February 1982,c. 475]: Figures of the—unadjusted—balance of undistributed income of public corporations—before providing for depreciation, stock appreciation and additions to reserves—are:

year £
1976 2,873
1977 3,348
1978 3,759
1979 3,644
1980 4,098
*1981 3,155

* First three quarters of 1981.

These are shown in more detail in Economic Trends, January 1982, page 85, and in Financial Statistics, January 1982, page 56.