HC Deb 26 January 1990 vol 165 cc921-2W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total value for 1989 of takeover acquisitions made by(a) United Kingdom companies abroad and (b) foreign companies in the United Kingdom; and what the comparable figure was for (i) five years and (ii) 10 years ago.

Mr. Norman Lamont

The latest available figures are given in Business Bulletin "Cross-Border Acquisitions and Mergers—Third Quarter 1989". Figures are available on this basis only from 1986. A copy of this publication is available in the Library.