HC Deb 16 June 1988 vol 135 c256W
11. Mr. Page

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the rise in non-North sea company profitability in 1987.

83. Mr. Simon Coombs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the rise in non-North sea company profitability in 1987.

92. Mr. Cash

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the rise in non-North sea company profitability in 1987.

Mr. Norman Lamont

The net rate of return on capital employed by non-North sea industrial and commercial companies increased by 1½ percentage points in 1987 to 10½ per cent.—the highest level for about 20 years.