"Figure 3: The UK’s investment income deficit narrowed in Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2020 as debits declined more than credits","" "Contributions to the UK’s primary income balance, Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2017 to Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2020","" "","" "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). 2. Total includes reserve assets." "Unit","£ billions" "","" "","Direct investment","Portfolio investment","Other investment","Total" "2017 Q3","9.4","-12.6","-2.3","-5.6" "2017 Q4","8.9","-12.2","-2.4","-5.8" "2018 Q1","6.5","-10.7","-2.2","-6.6" "2018 Q2","6.5","-10.1","-2.2","-5.8" "2018 Q3","5.2","-9.9","-1.3","-6.1" "2018 Q4","3.3","-11.0","-1.7","-9.5" "2019 Q1","8.2","-11.8","-2.6","-6.3" "2019 Q2","8.9","-13.7","-2.9","-7.7" "2019 Q3","2.4","-12.8","-2.6","-13.0" "2019 Q4","4.2","-11.4","-3.2","-10.4" "2020 Q1","-4.1","-7.9","-3.1","-14.9" "2020 Q2","-1.5","-6.2","-2.4","-10.5"