§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what have been the foreign earnings of the City of London in(a) insurance, (b) banking, (net), (c) commodity 212W trading, (d) brokerage, (e) investment trusts, (f) pension funds, (g) unit trusts, (h) leasing, (i) securities dealer and (j) in total in (i) 1970, (ii) 1979, (iii) 1987, (iv) 1988 and (v) 1989.
§ Mr. Ryder[holding answer 15 January 1990]: Information up to and including 1988 is given in the published annual Pink Books on the United Kingdom balance of payments and from the CSO Databank, both of which are available in the Library. Information for 1989 will be published later this year.