§ Ms. QuinTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will supply figures for spending by his Department on export services, in constant prices, for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. RedwoodThe following figures show gross and net expenditure by the Department on export services in constant price terms:
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£ million (1979–80 prices) Year Gross expenditure Net expenditure 1979–80 25.7 21.2 1980–81 19.5 15.8 1981–82 19.4 15.4
Year Gross expenditure Net expenditure 1982–83 21.0 16.6 1983–84 20.8 15.5 1984–85 124.6 118.8 1985–86 224.6 217.4 1986–87 24.6 15.5 1987–88 323.4 314.7 1988–89 425.4 416.6 1 Expenditure on publicity and promotion was transferred from the COI budget with effect from 1984–85. On a constant price basis, the expenditure amounted to £1.4 million in 1984–85. 2 Export Intelligence Service revenue was transferred to the exports budget from another DTI budget with effect from 1985–86. On a constant price basis this reduced net expenditure by £0.3 million in 1985–86. 3 Includes expenditure on publications for the then Statistics and Market Intelligence Library previously treated as part of general library expenditure (value £0.2 million on a constant price basis). 4 Figures for 1988–89 include grant-in-aid to the International Customs Tariff Bureau (value £0.038 million on a constant price basis), and the "New Products from Britain" service transferred from the FCO in the second half of the year (value £0.2 million on a constant price basis). All figures have been converted using the implied GDP factor cost deflator.