HC Deb 03 March 1988 vol 128 c626W
Dr. Thomas

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the latest projections for the growth of manufacturing investment in each of the regions of England, Wales and Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole.

Mr. Major

Official projections for individual regions do not exist. The Department of Trade and Industry's latest investment intentions survey, published in December 1987, projected a rise of 11 per cent. in United Kingdom manufacturing investment in 1988.