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Mr. Wigley
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (Mr. Thomas) of 18 February, Official Report, column 631, if he will give the corresponding percentage for each year since 1978 of total visible exports accounted for by defence exports.
Mr. Alan Clark
The information is as follows:
| Defence exports as a percentage of United Kingdom total visible exports | |
| Years | Percentage |
| 1978 | 1·1 |
| 1979 | 0·9 |
| 1980 | 1·1 |
| 1981 | 1·2 |
Years
| Percentage
|
| 1982 | 1·6 |
| 1983 | 1·5 |
| 1984 | 1·2 |
| 1985 | 1·0 |