"Figure 5: The UK’s investment income deficit narrowed in Quarter 4 2019 ","" "Contributions to the UK’s primary income balance, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2017 to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. Q1 refers to Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar), Q2 refers to Quarter 2 (Apr to June), Q3 refers to Quarter 3 (July to Sept) and Q4 refers to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec)." "Unit","£ billion" "","" "","Direct investment","Portfolio investment","Other investment","Total" "2017 Q1","8.1","-10.5","-2.1","-4.3" "2017 Q2","5.9","-11.6","-1.7","-7.6" "2017 Q3","9.1","-12.6","-2.3","-5.9" "2017 Q4","7.9","-12.4","-2.3","-6.9" "2018 Q1","6.5","-10.4","-2.1","-6.2" "2018 Q2","6.5","-10.2","-2.0","-5.6" "2018 Q3","5.2","-10.1","-1.2","-6.2" "2018 Q4","3.3","-11.3","-1.6","-9.5" "2019 Q1","8.3","-11.8","-2.4","-6.0" "2019 Q2","8.1","-12.8","-2.7","-7.4" "2019 Q3","5.4","-12.7","-2.4","-9.7" "2019 Q4","7.6","-12.0","-2.7","-7.1"