§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each quarter since 1 January 1986 the percentage increase in (a) import unit values for finished manufactures, (b) output prices for United Kingdom manufactures and (c) the trade-weighted average reduction in the exchange rate.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe information is as follows:
(a) Imports of finished manufactured goods1 Unit value indices 1980 = 1002 Percentage change over previous quarter 1985 Q4 142 — 1986 Ql 147 +3.5 Q2 147 +0.0 Q3 150 +2.0 Q4 158 +5.3 1 Finished manufactured goods consist of sections 7 and 8 of the Standard International Trade Classification (Revision 2). 2 OIS basis, not seasonally adjusted.
(b) Output price indices1 Home sales of manufactures1 1980 = 100 Percentage change over previous quarter 1985 Q4 141.4 — 1986 Ql 143.4 +1.4 Q2 145.7 +1.6 Q3 146.3 +0.4 Q4 147.42 +0.8 1 Manufactures consist of divisions 2 to 4 of the 1980 Standard Industrial Classification. 2 Provisional.
(c) Sterling effective exchange index 1975 = 100 Percentage change over previous quarter 1985 Q4 79.9 — 1986 Ql 75.1 -6.0 Q2 76.1 +1.3 Q3 71.9 -5.5 Q4 68.2 -5.1