HC Deb 23 February 1982 vol 18 c354W
Mr. Ray Powell

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the monthly figures of output and investment in the private sector of manufacturing industry in Wales since May 1979.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

Figures are not collected on a monthly basis for either of these aggregates. On a quarterly basis manufacturing output—excluding ferrous metals, which is mainly in the public sector—has moved as follows since the second quarter of 1979:

(1975 = 100)
Year and Quarter Indices of output
1979
Q2 115
Q3 113
Q4 114
1980
Q1 112
Q2 104
Q3 101
Q4 99
1981
Ql 105
Q2 101
Q3 £106

Investment figures are available only on an annual basis. In 1979 the latest year for which information is available, investment in Wales was provisionally estimated to be £419.3 million.