§ Mr. IngramTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the total amount of royalties accruing from intellectual property in each sector of the United Kingdom economy in each of the last 10 years. [19257]
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§ Mr. Ian TaylorThe total amount of royalties accruing from intellectual property is not collected.
The amount of royalties identified as accruing to the UK from overseas for 1986 to 1995 is set out in table 1.
The amount of royalties accruing to each sector from overseas for 1994 and 1995 is set out in table 2. Sectoral data for earlier years are not available on a consistent basis.
Table 1: UK's overseas earnings from royalties £ million 1986 845 1987 997 1988 1,132 1989 1,303 1990 1,420 1991 1,583 1992 2,148 1993 2,415 1994 2,952 1995 3,339 Note:
Excludes film/tv, financial, consultancy, transport and education sectors.
Source:
ONS.
Table 2: UK's overseas earnings from royalties by sector Firms primarily engaged in: 1994 1995 £ million £ million Metal manufacturing 7 6 Chemical manufacturing 1,074 1,344 Mechanical engineering 84 86 Electrical engineering 21 9 Transport equipment 16 4 Food, drink and tobacco 70 78 Miscellaneous manufacturing 305 319 Printing, publishing, performers and other recreation 516 666 Computing services 355 334 Other industries 505 493 Total 2,952 3,339 Note:
Totals may differ from the sum of components due to rounding.
Source:
ONS.