HC Deb 31 March 1999 vol 328 cc815-6W
Mr. Truswell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what environmental appraisals of policy his Department has(a) completed, (b) started and (c) planned. [79623]

Mr. Battle

This information is being collated and a written answer will be forthcoming from a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, following the Easter recess.

UK balance of trade with the EU countries 1969–98
£ million, current prices
Austria Belgium/Luxembourg Denmark Finland France Germany Greece
Balance of trade in goods
1969 8 105 -49 -72 -12 -48 42
1970 10 95 -54 -64 -30 -44 39
1971 6 66 -69 -72 -52 -114 56
1972 -8 19 -112 -109 -95 -259 52
1973 -42 -33 -149 -163 -294 -580 51
1974 -49 -57 -147 -264 -430 -888 38
1975 -38 -185 -177 -136 -457 -728 55
1976 -21 -184 -47 -271 -345 -948 86
1977 -16 -280 -12 -246 -523 -1,122 128
1978 -86 -156 -124 -288 -696 -1,458 113
1979 -89 -382 -65 -381 -987 -1,631 122
1980 -32 -137 -76 -268 -247 -545 92
1981 -106 -387 -131 -324 -342 -437 90
1982 -151 -542 -238 -410 248 -2,061 104
1983 -164 -560 -353 -454 633 -3,706 115
1984 -208 -649 -463 -545 1,127 -3,711 75
1985 -251 -688 -342 -617 1,143 -3,832 15
1986 -304 -272 -546 -679 -1,141 -5,698 45
1987 -319 -504 -643 -754 -580 -6,476 89
1988 -350 -637 -842 -974 -969 -8,032 116
1989 -333 -787 -1,018 -962 -1,237 -8,890 179
1990 -258 -100 -875 -734 -863 -6,879 281
1991 -152 374 -833 -681 778 -3,158 289
1992 -146 -10 -824 -680 -697 -3,816 405
1993 -57 342 -533 -761 -1,388 -3,982 575
1994 15 204 -373 -983 -1,495 -4,753 580
1995 203 311 -83 -785 -1,076 -5,989 627
1996 114 -93 -143 -843 -738 -6,580 767
1997 -246 -699 -246 -1,001 -1,337 -5,223 647
1998 -190 -1,131 -130 -949 -1,345 -4,848 670
Balance of trade in services
1988 -198 163 71 44 -157 -374 -394
1989 -129 159 72 79 -449 -452 -372
1990 -148 110 74 80 -707 -469 -433
1991 -126 153 81 65 -786 -324 -447
1992 -98 200 130 109 -962 46 -515
1993 -115 241 158 106 -942 409 -554
1994 -93 424 130 99 -1,139 400 -661
1995 -34 430 159 158 -1,106 747 -536
1996 11 506 146 286 -966 168 -360
1997 -15 249 317 229 -1,773 1,284 -314
1998 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

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