§ Ms. QuinTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will provide an update of the figures on export services given in his answer of 22 January 1990,Official Report, columns 503–4.
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§ Mr. SainsburyThe following figures show gross and net expenditure by the Department on export services6 in constant price terms:
£ 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 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 1988–89 425.3 416.5 1989–90 523.8 16.6 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). 5 Excludes expenditure on British Pavilion for EXPO 92 in Seville. 6 Programme expenditure only—does not include manpower and running costs. All figures have been converted using the implied GDP factor cost deflator.