§ Mr. PawseyTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the level of United Kingdom investment in(a) the United States of America, (b) the other EC countries and (c) the rest of the world in each year since 1979; and what estimate he has made of the likely income in each case to the United Kingdom in the current year.
§ Mr. NelsonI have been asked to reply.
A geographical breakdown of overseas direct investment by the United Kingdom is provided in the annual business monitor MA4 "Overseas Transactions". Figures for total overseas investment, including portfolio investment, bank and other lending are given in the annual "Balance of Payments Pink Book" which also includes some detailed figures for investment in other EC member states. Both of these publications, by the Central Statistical
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Per cent. 1980–81 6.56 1981–82 5.23 1982–83 7.47 1983–84 16.50 1984–85 12.29 1985–86 13.71 1986–87 17.14 1987–88 11.51 1988–89 29.17 1989–90 19.30 1990–91 27.83 1991–92 13.17 1992–93 41.85 No sectoral breakdown is available for ECGD short-term business which was privatised in November 1991.
§ Mr. ByersTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what percentage of the total Export Credits Guarantee Department credit budget was used in relation to defence contracts for(a) Bangladesh, (b) Ecuador, (c) India, (d) Indonesia, (e) Jordan, (f) Malaysia, (g) Nigeria, (h) Oman, (i) Pakistan and (j) Thailand in each year since 1980.
§ Mr. Needham[holding answer 8 March 1994]: The percentage of total ECGD support for capital goods services since 1980 which related to defence contracts in the named markets was as follows:
Office, are available in the House of Commons Library. No figures are published for total overseas investment by the United Kingdom in the United States of America.
Comparable figures on investment income are published in the same sources. No estimates of the likely income in the current year are available.