HC Deb 28 July 1997 vol 299 c59W
Mr. Grieve

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what estimate she has made of overseas investment by United Kingdom-based companies in each year since 1979. [10840]

Mrs. Roche

The information is given in the following table. Flows represent the value of investment undertaken during any year. Stock figures show the book value of UK investment at the end of each year. They give the cumulative value of UK overseas direct investment after allowing for depreciation.

align="centre"Direct investment overseas by UK residents 1979–96
£million
Flows Stocks
1979 5,889 31,403
1980 4,867 33,211
1981 6,005 44,927
1982 4,091 52,039
1983 5,417 57,823
1984 6,042 75,119
1985 8,430 69,445
1986 11,649 80,669
1987 19,147 85,286
1988 20,863 103,657
1989 21,503 122,434
1990 10,490 119,722
1991 9,056 125,253
1992 10,850 148,444
1993 17,737 169,038
1994 21,982 172,296
1995 27,927 202,769
1996 28,560 214,633

Source:

ONS Central Shared Databank.