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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-09-09more like thismore than 2015-09-09
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Balance of Trade: Life Sciences more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the life sciences industry generated in trade surplus for (a) the UK and (b) Scotland in the last year for which figures are available. more like this
tabling member constituency Edinburgh South remove filter
tabling member printed
Ian Murray more like this
uin 9745 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-09-17more like thismore than 2015-09-17
answer text <p>In 2014 the Life Science industry generated a trade deficit of £5.0bn for the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Life Sciences goods that can be identified through standard industry classifications consists of pharmaceuticals, irradiation, electro-medical and electrotherapeutic equipment and medical and dental supplies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Recent changes to international legislation on the compilation of the Balance of Payments have classed the trade in illegal drugs as pharmaceuticals. This change accounted for £4.3bn of the imports of pharmaceuticals in 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Comparable figures for Scotland alone are not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Broxtowe remove filter
answering member printed Anna Soubry more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-09-17T15:28:27.707Zmore like thismore than 2015-09-17T15:28:27.707Z
answering member
3938
label Biography information for Anna Soubry more like this
tabling member
3966
label Biography information for Ian Murray more like this