HC Deb 13 March 1996 vol 273 c659W
23. Mr. Benton

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list those countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in which investment per head is currently less than in the United Kingdom. [18713]

Mr. Oppenheim

In 1994 investment per head was lower than in the United Kingdom in Finland, Greece, Ireland, Mexico, Sweden and Turkey. Since 1979 business sector investment has been a larger proportion of GDP in the UK than in France, Germany, Italy and the US.