§ Mr. Ashdownasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give, for the last year for which figures are available, the number of single outlet grocery retailers in existence; and if he will investigate the future trend in the number of such retailers.
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Table 7 Values of United States Outward Non-oil Direct Investment† $m excluding oil Current Prices World Europe *EC UK UK as percentage of EC UK as percentage of world 1966 4,473 1,721 — 480 1967 3,522 1,326 — 174 1968 3,898 1,329 — 441 1969 5,067 2,093 — 455 1970 5,390 2,305 — 593 1971 5,553 2,654 — 671
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe provisional results of the retailing inquiry for 1984 indicate that there were then about 30,000 single outlet grocery retailers. Estimates of the numbers of such retailers in future will be available periodically from the retailing inquiries conducted by the Business Statistics Office.