asked the Secretary of State for Trade how much money was spent by Her Majesty's Government in 1978 on the construction of overseas exhibitions in (a) North America and Canada, (b) Western Europe, (c) State trading countries and (d) elsewhere in the world; what percentage of each of these sums was spent with British contractors; and how much was spent in total with
| Date | Name of ship | Dead-weight | Location | Type of oil | ||||||
| October 1970 | … | "Pacific Glory" | … | 77,648 | Off the Isle of Wight | … | Crude oil | |||
| March 1971 | … | "Panther" | … | … | 26,155 | South Goodwins | … | Crude oil | ||
| March 1971 | … | "Trinity Navigator" | … | 45,321 | Berry Head, Brixham | … | Crude oil | |||
| May 1971 | … | "Herulv" | … | … | 21,330 | Near south Goodwin light vessel | Fuel oil | |||
| October 1972 | … | "Kylix" | … | … | 18,944 | In River Thames | … | Refined oil | ||
| January 1973 | … | "Thorshov" | … | … | 102,855 | East Solent | … | … | Crude oil | |
| June 1973 | … | "Conoco Britannia" | … | 116,840 | In River Humber | … | Crude oil | |||
| August 1973 | … | "Dona Marika" | … | 18,625 | Milford Haven | … | … | Motor spirit | ||
| December 1973 | "British Fern" | … | 20,638 | 12 miles off Great Yarmouth | Petroleum Products | |||||
| June 1975 | … | "Permina 112" | … | 138,555 | 40 miles East of Harwich | Crude oil | ||||
| November 1975 | "Olympic Alliance" | … | 216,441 | Dover Strait | … | … | Crude oil | |||
| May 1976 | … | "British Esk" | … | … | 25,084 | Swansca | … | … | … | Gas oil |
| August 1977 | … | "Marun" | … | … | 25,245 | Swansea | … | … | … | Gas oil |
| January 1978 | … | "Texaco Baltic" | … | 31,500 | In River Thames | … | Motor spirit | |||
| May 1978 | … | "Eleni V" | … | … | 18,879 | Off Great Yarmouth | … | Heavy fuel oil | ||
| October 1978 | … | "Christos Bitas" | … | 58,829 | 15 miles off South West Wales coast | Crude oil | ||||
foreign contractors on contracts carried out in other than their own countries.
Information in precisely the form requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Broad estimates of expenditure by the British Overseas Trade Board on construction and allied display work at trade exhibitions overseas in the financial year 1977–78 are: for North America £700,000; Western Europe £2,900,000; State trading countries £1,200,000 and other countries £900,000. Approximate percentage expenditure with British companies for North America is negligible and for the other three areas not available. Total expenditure amounts to £5,700,000 of which latest estimates show £1,750,000–31 per cent.—was spent with British companies. Approximately £1,000,000 was spent with foreign contractors on work outside their own country during 1977–78.