HC Deb 19 October 1989 vol 158 cc198-9W
49. Mr. Marlow

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the average annual increase in total investment in the United Kingdom in the 1980s; and what are the equivalent figures for the other European Community countries.

88. Mr. David Davis

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the average annual increase in total investment in the United Kingdom in the 1980s; and what are the equivalent figures for the other European Community countries.

172. Mr. Key

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the average annual increase in total investment in the United Kingdom in the 1980s; and what are the equivalent figures for the other European Community countries.

177. Mr. Hayward

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the average annual increase in total investment in the United Kingdom in the 1980s; and what are the equivalent figures for the other European Community countries.

Mr. Ryder

The information is as follows:

Percentage increase in Total Gross Fixed Capital Formation 1980–88
Annual average percentage change
Germany 0.5
France 0.8
United Kingdom 4.5
Italy 1.3
Belgium 0.4
Luxembourg -0.1
Netherlands 2.0
Denmark 1.3
Ireland -1.6
Spain 3.7
Portugal 2.5
Greece -1.4

SourceCSO for United Kingdom. OECD National Accounts Volume 1, 1980–87. 1988 figures from OECD Economic Outlook June 1989.