§ Dr. McDonaldasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) if he will publish in the Official Report the average growth rates of the information technology industry in Germany, France, Japan, the United States of America and the United Kingdom between 1979 and 1984;
(2) if he will provide an estimate of the size of the United Kingdom market for microchips for each year from 1979 to 1984, indicating in each case what proportion of the market was met by domestic production;
(3) if he will list in the Official Report all the Government financed schemes to aid the whole information technology industry since 1979–80, giving the amount spent in each scheme for each year from 1979–80 until 1984–85;
(4) if he will publish in the Official Report (a) the world market share and (b) the European market share of the whole information technology industry in office machinery, electronic data, processing equipment, telecommunications equipment, radio and electronic capital goods, electronic components and sub-assemblies and electronic consumer goods, for each year from 1979 to 1984.
§ Mr. ButcherI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.