§ Mr. BoothTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the estimated figures for foreign investment into the United Kingdom for each year since 1979; and what equivalent figures his Department compiled in respect of(a) Germany and (b) France for the same period. [5893]
§ Mr. OppenheimData on foreign direct investment into the United Kingdom, Germany and France are regularly published in "International Direct Investment Statistics Yearbook, OECD", copies of which are available in the Library of the House.
Data from this source are currently available for the years 1981 to 1993. Definitions of foreign direct investment differ from country to country.
Inward direct investment flow figures into the selected countries 1981–93 Year UK $bn Germany $bn France $bn 1981 5.9 0.3 2.4 1982 5.3 0.8 1.6 1983 5.1 1.8 1.6 1984 -0.2 0.6 2.2 1985 5.8 0.6 2.2 1986 8.6 l.2 2.7 1987 15.5 1.9 4.6 1988 21.4 1.2 7.2 1989 30.4 7.1 9.6 1990 32.9 2.5 9.0 1991 15.8 4.2 11.1 1992 16.4 2.5 15.9 1993 14.5 0.5 12.1 Notes:
- 1. Flow figures are volatile and fluctuate year to year in part due to the cyclical nature of reinvested profits and the lumpiness of merger and acquisition activity.
- 2. The definition of direct investment differ between countries.
Source:
"International Direct Investment Statistics Yearbook, OECD," editions 1993 and 1995.