Business, Innovation and Skills written question – answered at on 5 September 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate his Department has made of the (a) size and (b) share of foreign direct investment from other EU member states in (i) the latest period for which figures are available, (ii) 2005, (iii) 2000, (iv) 1995, (v) 1990, (vi) 1985 and (vii) 1981; and if he will make a statement.
holding answer
The following table shows the net book value of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to the UK from EU member states as a proportion of total inward FDI for the years requested, where data are available. Data are not available for 1981 and 1985. Data is not available on a consistent EU27 basis. Therefore 1990 and 1995 data relate only to those 15 member states which had acceded to the EU by 1995.
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1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2009 | |
All inward FDI to UK | 105,760 | 128,885 | 293,949 | 488,212 | 653,591 |
Inward FDI— EU to UK | 33,707 | 43,493 | 136,924 | 244,392 | 351,544 |
EU to UK FDI—percentage share of all inward FDI | 31.9 | 33.7 | 46.6 | 50.1 | 53.8 |
Source: Office for National Statistics |
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