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Industrial Sector: Ownership

Volume 497: debated on Wednesday 14 October 2009

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what percentage of each of the 30 main industrial sectors in the UK is foreign-owned. (292134)

The following information is as follows:

Percentage of output (gross value added (GVA)) generated by UK and foreign-owned companies, 2006

Sector

Foreign owned

UK owned

Manufacturing

35

65

Services1

18

82

Other1

25

75

Total1

22

78

1 The Annual Business Inquiry does not cover all parts of the services and other categories.

Source:

National Statistics (derived from Annual Business Inquiry regional data, published in Regional Economic Performance Indicators, 2009 (BERR))