§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will list the number of foreign-owned companies situated in each county of the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. ButcherThe available information relates to the number of foreign-owned manufacturing units by country and by standard region within the United Kingdom and is compiled annually. The latest figures relate to 1979 and are published in table 18 of "Business Monitor PA 1003", 1979 analyses of United Kingdom manufacturing—local —units by employment size, a copy of which is in the Library.