HC Deb 27 July 1989 vol 157 c849W
Mr. Sillars

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the balance of payments surplus or deficit in each year from 1964 to the nearest available date.

Mr. Norman Lamont

Figures for the current account balance are published inEconomic Trends, annual supplement, 1989 edition, table 29 (for the years 1964 to 1987) and in Economic Trends, June 1989, table A 1 (giving the latest estimate for 1988). Copies of these publications are in the Library.