§ Baroness Byfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by the Lord McIntosh of Haringey on 27 October 2003 (WA 21), what was (a) the visible, and (b) the invisible trading balance between the United Kingdom and Europe and the United Kingdom and the rest of the world for each of the years 1998 to 2002. [HL1763]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from the National Statistician, Len Cook, dated 16 March 2004.
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question on the visible and invisible trading balance between the United Kingdom and Europe and the United Kingdom and the rest of the world for each of the years 1998 to 2002.(HL1763)
The requested information is given in the attached table. It is taken from the "Pink Book 2003" which is available on the National Statistics website at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_economy/Pink_Book_2003.pdf.
In the table, "visible" trade is represented by trade in goods, and "invisible" trade is represented by trade in services.