§ Mrs. Wiseasked the Secretary of State for Industry what information is available to his Department relating to investment levels (a) by region and (b) by industrial sector.
Mr. Alan WilliamsThe latest figures of manufacturing investment for all standard regions, including a limited breakdown by industrial sector, relate to 1972 and were published in Regional Statistics No. 11 (HMSO 1975). A quarterly sample inquiry started in 1974, but, as its main objective is to monitor trends in the assisted areas, the only standard regions shown separately are 585W those which consist of largely assisted areas. The first results of this inquiry were published in Trade and Industry, 27th February 1976.
For the United Kingdom as a whole, figures for nine industrial sectors within manufacturing are available quarterly and the latest can be found in Trade and Industry, 2nd April 1976. A more detailed industry breakdown, at current prices only, is published annually in the National Income and Expenditure Blue Books and in the reports on the Annual Census of Production.