§ 19. Mr. PatnickTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what resources were committed in 1988–89 via the diplomatic wing to supporting export promotion and inward investment.
§ Mrs. ChalkerFigures for the financial year 1988–89 are still being collated and should be available in October. We expect them, however, to be approximately 10 per cent. Up on the figures for 1987–88 which were as follows
Total commercial work: £69 million of which approximately 91.7 per cent. (£63.27 million) for export promotion, 3.4 per cent. (£2.5 million) for inward investment and the remaining 4.9 per cent. (£3.38 million) for trade policy.