§ Lord Lawson of Blabyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish a table showing, for each of the past 10 years, (a) UK visible exports to the rest of the European Union as presently constituted as a percentage of total UK visible exports; (b) UK invisible exports to the rest of the European Union as presently constituted as a percentage of total UK invisible exports; and (c) UK overall exports (i.e., visible plus invisible) to the rest of the European Union as presently constituted as a percentage of total UK overall exports.
§ The Minister of State, Department of Social Security (Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish)The information since 1988 relating to the European Union as presently constituted is given in the table:22WA
UK exports to the rest of the European Union1 Year Percentage of visible exports to EU Percentage of invisible exports to EU UK overall exports to EU as a percentage of total exports 1988 55 30 42 1989 55 31 42 1990 58 34 45 1991 61 36 48 1992 60 37 48 1993 57 39 48 1994 57 37 48 Pre-1988 estimates are not available. 1 Source: October 1995 edition of the Office for National Statistics Economic Trends, revised estimates shown in the April 1996 edition.