HC Deb 12 February 1988 vol 127 cc373-6W
Mr. Douglas

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the United Kingdom's balance of payments, current and trade, for the years 1972 to 1987, the (a) numbers of and (b) percentage of (i) English and (ii) Scottish students attending university in ( I) Scotland and (2) England; and if he will express the figures as a proportion of all students attending universities in each of the countries.

Mr. Jackson

The information is shown in the following table:

Full-time students in 1986
Universities in
Scotland England
Total 47,230 233,538
Numbers domiciled in
England 9,073 188,316
Scotland 30,449 2,938
Other1 7,708 42,284
Total2 100 100
Percentages domiciled in
England 19 81
Scotland 64 1
Other1 16 18
1 Includes those domiciled in Wales, Northern Ireland and overseas.
2 Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.

Mr. Nigel Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a table showing the(a) numbers of and (b) percentage of (i)English, (ii) Scottish and (iii) other students attending each university in Scotland; and if he will express the figures as a proportion of all students attending each university.

Mr. Jackson

Information is given in the following table. Figures for students domiciled in England are not readily available.

with respect to the following groups (a) worldwide, (b) total European Economic Community, (c) European Economic Community national, and (d) Japan; and what was the balance of trade in manufacturing goods with regard to those groups for the same period.

Mr. Alan Clark

The available information is in the following tables.

United Kingdom balance of payments
£ billion
World European Community
Current balance Visible balance 1Manufactures Current balance Visible balance 1Manufactures
1972 0.2 -0.8 2.1 n.a. -0.5 0.1
1973 -1.0 -2.6 1.5 n.a. -1.3 -0.4
1974 -3.3 -5.4 2.0 n.a. -2.1 -0.5
1975 -1.6 -3.3 3.7 n.a. -2.5 -0.6
1976 -09 -3.9 4.9 -2.5 -2.2 -0.5
1977 -0.1 -2.3 5.9 -2.3 -1.8 -0.5
1978 1.0 -1.5 5.1 -3.1 -2.5 -1.7
1979 -0.7 -3.4 2.7 -3.2 -2.7 -2.6
1980 9.9 1.4 5.5 0.1 0.8 -1.2
1981 6.3 3.4 4.6 0.7 0.1 -2.6
1982 4.0 2.3 2.4 -0.5 -1.2 -4.3
1983 3.3 -0.8 -2.3 -1.1 -2.4 -7.2
1984 1.5 -4.4 -3.9 -2.2 -3.1 -8.1
1985 2.9 -2.2 -3.0 -2.8 -2.0 -8.7
1986 -0.9 -8.5 -5.5 -9.2 -8.4 -10.1
1987 -2.7 -9.8 -7.3 n.a. -8.9 -10.2
n.a. = not available.
1 Standard International Trade Classification sections 5 to 8.

Source: CSO United Kingdom Balance of Payments 1987.

Department of Trade and Industry.

United Kingdom Balance of Trade1
Overseas Trade Statistics basis £ million
European Community Belgium/Luxemburg Denmark France FRG Greece Ireland Italy Netherlands Portugal Spain Japan
1972 -571 20 -110 -92 -250 50 24 -69 -163 -13 32 -143
1973 -1,376 -34 -148 -300 -561 52 84 -121 -308 -40 0 -172
1974 -2,380 -58 -146 -429 -876 37 3 -212 -651 -49 1 -252
1975 -2,508 -181 -177 -457 -698 53 -26 244 -752 -43 17 -363
1976 -2,369 -180 -47 -344 -916 85 199 -278 -921 25 8 -436
1977 -2,214 -278 -11 -508 -1,078 130 327 -554 -341 69 30 -590
1978 -2,921 -152 -124 -702 -1,412 113 423 -805 -267 30 -25 -741
1979 -3,581 -382 -64 -989 -1,561 122 863 -1,016 -382 -33 -139 -882
1980 -70 -122 -76 -254 -587 91 870 -394 441 56 -95 -1,110
1981 -612 -357 -123 -353 -425 92 1,031 -588 124 35 -48 -1,593
1982 -2,165 -548 -237 225 -1,993 104 886 -712 131 49 -70 -1,978
1983 -3,657 -554 -353 608 -3,597 115 766 -918 337 -79 18 - 2,556
1984 -4,281 -636 -464 1,111 -3,604 75 759 -905 12 -259 -370 -2,845
1985 -3,247 -667 -344 1,136 -3,689 15 814 -827 792 -256 -221 -3,104
1986 -9,580 -251 -545 -1,177 -5,589 47 499 -1,203 -1,181 -296 115 -3,743
1987 -10,141 -505 -642 -600 -6,380 89 343 -1,071 -1,292 -148 65 -3,968
1 Standard International Trade Classification Sections 0 to 9.

Information on trade with individual countries is not available on a Balance of Payments basis.

Source: UK Overseas Trade Statistics.

United Kingdom Crude Balance of Trade in Manufacture1
Overseas Trade Statistics basis £ million
European Community Belgium/Luxemburg Denmark France FRG Greece Ireland Italy Netherlands Portugal Spain Japan
1972 113 29 59 2 -307 55 166 -36 55 6 84 -141
1973 -340 -8 78 -89 -624 69 218 -70 11 -15 90 -196
1974 -647 -2 96 -106 -900 70 245 -110 -43 -8 111 -269
1975 -540 -34 129 -157 -749 84 265 -186 10 -15 113 -379
1976 -494 -60 234 -119 -1,030 104 347 -190 47 50 123 -464
1977 -662 -125 264 -280 -1,334 171 476 -376 294 104 144 -641
1978 -1,981 -177 179 -535 -1,868 141 735 -667 162 53 -4 -800
1979 -3,144 -403 147 -727 -2,523 184 954 -796 84 13 -77 -960
1980 -1,743 -168 114 -439 -2,001 140 793 -368 184 79 -77 -1,185
1981 -3,014 -379 -5 -594 -2,152 136 690 -497 -191 49 -71 -1,657
1982 -5,024 -525 -1 -535 -3,314 137 547 -826 -466 39 -80 -2,045
1983 -8,071 -499 -71 -1,082 -4,926 172 471 -1,175 -803 -74 -84 -2,654
1984 -8,844 -558 -81 -1,154 -5069 162 495 -1,302 -844 -236 -257 -2,913
1985 -9,543 -518 -21 -1,221 -5833 167 548 -1,387 -747 -238 -293 -3,206
1986 -10,837 -357 -I -1,510 -6,712 149 584 -1,590 -1,128 -216 -54 -3,918
1987 -11,083 -529 -57 -1,161 -7,456 152 488 -1,554 -1,119 -98 252 -4,165
1 Standard International Trade Classification Sections 5 to 8.

Information on trade with individual countries is not available on a Balance of Payments basis.

Source: UK Overseas Trade Statistics.