Balance of Payments

HC Deb 16 July 1984 vol 64 cc24-5W

Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1977 (a) the surplus or deficit on the current balance of payments per capita, (b) the surplus or deficit on the visible account of the United Kingdom balance of payments per capita and (c) the surplus or deficit on the invisible account of the United Kingdom balance of payments per capita.

Mr. Channon

The information is given in the table:

£ per head of UK population
	Current account	Visible balance	Invisible balance
1977	+0.97	+40.65	+41.62
1978	+20.62	+27.46	+48.08
1979	-9.84	-61.35	+51.51

	Current account	Visible balance	Invisible balance
1980	+64.55	+26.86	+37.69
1981	+128.68	+64.81	+63.87
1982	+102.49	+42.32	+60.17
1983	+51.87	-8.86	+60.73

Sources:

Monthly Digest of Statistics.

Monthly Review of External Trade Statistics.