asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, pursuant to his answer, Official Report, 6th June, column 123, concerning changes in trade-weighted values of various currencies since 1st January 1978, he will update the table to the latest available date.

Updated versions of the tables I gave in that reply are as follows:

PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN EFFECTIVE EXCHANGE RATE INDICES
	3rd January 1978 to 16th October 1978	17th October 1977 to 16th October 1978
Japan	+26·0	+30·1
Switzerland	+17·8	+32·3
Germany	+3·8	+8·3
Denmark	+3·6	+4·0
Netherlands	+1·5	+3·4
Austria	+1·5	+4·1
Sweden	+0·8	-0·1
Belgium	+0·7	+3·8
France	+0·6	0·0
Italy	-2·2	-5·7
Australia	-4·8	-6·1
United Kingdom	-5·9	-0·4
Norway	-5·9	-3·4
United States	-8·8	+13·4
Canada	+10·7	+11·0

Effective exchange rate indices for other OECD countries are not available. Changes in their cross-rates against sterling have been as follows:

PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN EXCHANGE RATES AGAINST STERLING
	3rd January 1978 to 16th October 1978	17th October 1978 to 16th October 1978
Spain	+10	+6
New Zealand	+1	-3
Finland	-2	-9
Greece	-10	-12
Portugal	-18	-25
Turkey	-39	-44
Iceland	-50	-66

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, pursuant to his answer, Official Report, 6th June, column 124, concerning changes in trade-weighted values of various currencies since the end of February 1974, he will update the table to the latest available date.

The information is as follows:

Percentage changes in effective exchange rate indices
End February 1974 to 16th October 1978
Switzerland	+76
Japan	+50