HC Deb 16 February 1988 vol 127 cc535-6W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the total output of computer software, the percentage exported, and the proportion of the domestic market taken by imports in(a) the United Kingdom, (b) West Germany and (c) Japan in 1958, 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975 and in each year from 1979 to 1987.

Mr. Alan Clark

Total and export sales by a voluntary panel of United Kingdom companies are published inBusiness Monitor SDQ9, "Computing Services" (formerly SD9, "Computer Services"), which is available from the

(16) what was the total expenditure on (a) regional development grant and (b) selective assistance to Sudbury travel-to-work area in each year from 1978–79.

Mr. Atkins

Expenditure under the regional develop-men grants (RDG) and regional selective assistance (RSA) schemes since 1978–79 to the travel-to-work areas (TTWAs) for which information is requested was as follows:

Library of the House. Statistics on the imports of software are not available. Information for West Germany and Japan could be provided only at disproportionate cost.