Overseas Investments Mr. Lee asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what percentage privately owned overseas portfolio investments outside the Common Market have increased or deceased during the last 12 months; and how this compares with the preceding 12 month period and with the corresponding figures for the Common Market countries. Mr. Robert Sheldon During the 12 months to the end of March 1978, United Kingdom residents made an identified net purchase of non-EEC countries' securities of £166 million, compared with a net sale of such securities of £289 million in the previous 12 months. Identified purchases of EEC countries' securities during the 12 months to the end of March 1978 amounted to £11 million, compared with purchases of £7 million in the preceding 12 months. At the end of 1976, the latest date for which information is available, the stock of United Kingdom private portfolio investment in the EEC and rest of the world was £8,150 million. Information on the stock of United Kingdom private portfolio investments overseas by area is not available. Mr. Kenneth Clarke asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish the National Economic Development Office's study of overseas investment by British companies. Mr. Joel Barnett The decision whether to publish this paper rests with the National Economic Development Office.----------------- | | | | | | ----------------- | | | | | ||£|£| ----------------- |1977–78|…|…|…|…| ----------------- Source: Inland Revenue receipts. -------------- | | | | | | -------------- |1975|…|…|…|…| -------------- |1976|…|…|…|…| -------------- |1977|…|…|…|…| -------------- Source: National accounts. -------------- | | | | | | -------------- | | | | | | -------------- |1975|…|…|…|…| -------------- |1976|…|…|…|…| -------------- |1977|…|…|…|…| -------------- | | | | | | -------------- |1975|…|…|…|…| -------------- |1976|…|…|…|…| -------------- |1977|…|…|…|…| -------------- -------------- | | | | | | -------------- | | | | | | -------------- |1975|…|…|…|…| -------------- |1976|…|…|…|…| -------------- |1977|…|…|…|…| -------------- | | | | | | -------------- |1975|…|…|…|…| -------------- |1976|…|…|…|…| -------------- |1977|…|…|…|…| -------------- Source: National accounts.