§ Mr. Shoreasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the capital outflow from the United Kingdom in each year since 1978 to (a) the United States of America and (b) the countries of the EEC, excluding Spain and Portugal; and what was the capital inflow to the United Kingdom from these countries for the same period.
§ Mr. Ian StewartThe figures available for capital transactions between the United Kingdom and the EC as a whole (excluding Spain and Portugal) over the period 1978–1984 were published in table 12.1 of the 1985 CSO publication "United Kingdom Balance of Payments" (the Pink Book). Figures for transactions with individual countries, including the US, are available only in respect of direct investment (other than by oil companies) and are published in tables 3.1 (outward) (as amended) and 4.1 (inward) of the 1983 HMSO "Business Monitor MA4, Overseas Transactions". Both publications are available in the House of Commons Library.