§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many enterprises have been set up in the last year in Wolverhampton; and how many people are employed in them.
§ Mr. Norman LamontThe information requested is not available.
Regional esimates of numbers of business start-ups and stops in Great Britain in 1982, broken down by type of assisted area, were published in British Business on 10 February. A copy has been placed in the Library. The figures in that article for those parts of the west midlands classified by the Department of the Environment as
Trade and Prduction Indices 1980=100 United Kingdom Norway Netherlands Manufactures* Production Manufactures║ Production Manufactures Production Exports Imports Oil and Gas Manufacturing║ Exports Imports Oil and Manufacturing║ Exports‡ Imports Oil and Gas Manufacturing† Consumer Goods Investment goods 1978 100.0 89.0 68.9 109.6 105.0 86.0 66.0 97.0 95.0 106.0 90.0 101.0 95.0 1979 99.0 101.0 98.7 109.4 100.0 88.0 80.0 99.0 99.0 114.0 98.0 105.0 97.0 1980 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1981 94.0 98.0 110.3 93.6 100.0 103.0 98.0 99.0 101.0 95.0 92.0 92.0 99.0 1982 95.0 106.0 125.6 93.7 101.0 112.0 99.0 97.0 102.0 94.0 93.0 80.0 98.0 1983 93.0 119.0 137.6 95.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a ¶107.0 ¶96.0 ¶97.0 •83.0 •970 •Standard International Trade Classification, Sections 5 to 8. † Standard International Trade Classification, Sections 5 to 9. ‡ Includes; Food, drink and tobacco; textiles and clothing; petroleum products; chemical products; metal goods and other manufactured goods. ║ Includes; Food, drink and tobacco; metals; mineral and metal products; chemical products; engineering and allied industries; textiles and other manufacturing. The coverage is broadly the same in each country. ║ January to September 1983. • January to November 1983. Sources: United Kingdom — C.S.O. Monthly Digest of Statistics (Production); D.T.I. Monthly Review of External Trade Statistics (Manufactures).
Norway— External Trade and Industrial Statistics. (published Central Bureau of Statistics of Norway).
Netherlands — Maandstatistiek van de industrie and Manndstatistiek van de buitenlandse handel, per goederensoort. (published Central Bureau voor de stakstiek).