"Figure 3: The UK’s primary income deficit widened in Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2019 because of increased payments to foreign investors","" "Contributions to the UK’s primary income balance, Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2016 to Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2019 ","" "","" "Notes","1. Total includes reserve assets. 2. 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" "2016 Q3","1.5","-10.3","-1.8","-10.6" "2016 Q4","4.4","-10.9","-1.8","-8.4" "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","6.3","-10.5","-2.0","-6.4" "2018 Q2","6.8","-10.2","-1.9","-5.4" "2018 Q3","4.3","-10.0","-1.1","-6.9" "2018 Q4","2.6","-11.4","-1.4","-10.2" "2019 Q1","10.6","-11.8","-2.2","-3.4" "2019 Q2","7.2","-11.7","-2.5","-7.1"