HC Deb 18 May 1999 vol 331 c331W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the source of the statistics used in the section Trade in Goods, under International Trade, of his booklet, "The British Economy". [84096]

Mr. Robin Cook

The United Kingdom Balance of Payments (The Pink Book) 1997.

Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the statistical source for levels of imports and exports provided in his Departmental poster, Outline Britain; and what is the(a) target audience and (b) how many have been distributed. [84097]

Mr. Hoon

The statistical source was the Annual Abstract of Statistics 1998, published by the ONS.

  1. (a) The target audience was Press and Public Affairs Officers and Commercial Officers at Diplomatic Posts.
  2. (b) The distribution between 1 April 1998 to 31 March 1999 was 14,996.