§ Mr. PageTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the net average annual financial contribution to the Exchequer, for the 10-year period before their privatisation, of each nationalised industry privatised over the last 10 years.
§ Mr. MaudeThis information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The information that is readily available, including information on the major nationalised industries' external financial requirements since 1978–79, is published in chapter 6 of the "Statistical Supplement to the 1990 Autumn Statement"—Cm. 1520.