§ Mr. HardyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what proportion dividend distribution by companies increased between 1979 and 1989.
§ Mr. LilleyThe latest estimates of dividend payments on ordinary and preference shares may be obtained from the CSO databank—a collection of macro-economic time series in computer readable form to which the House of Commons Library has direct access. Data are currently available for the period up to third quarter 1989.