HC Deb 14 July 1982 vol 27 cc404-5W
Mr. Robert Sheldon

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide a breakdown of the latest estimate of unused capital allowances, differentiated between manufacturing, distribution, financial and other business sectors.

Mr. Ridley

[pursuant to his reply, 6 July 1982, c. 56]: Estimates in the form requested can only be very approximate, but the amounts of unused capital allowances are reckoned to be of the order of:

£ billion
Manufacturing 4½
Distribution 2
Financial 2
Other 4½