Gross Domestic Product

HC Deb 30 March 1988 vol 130 c497W

Mr. Wigley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the increase in gross domestic product per capita in each of the English regions, Wales and Scotland since 1979.

Mr. Major

Estimates of gross domestic product per capita were published in the November 1987 edition ofEconomic Trends, a copy of which is available in the House Library.

Increases in gross domestic product per capita between 1979 and 1986 are provided for the specified regions in the table below.

Increase in General Domestic Product' per capita from 1979 to 19862
	£	Per cent.
North	2,441	90
Yorkshire and Humberside	2,461	89
East Midlands	2,538	89
East Anglia	2,865	103
South east	3,158	92
South west	2,631	96
West Midlands	2,241	79
North west	2,378	83
Wales	2,177	83
Scotland	2,405	85
1 GDP at factors cost: current prices.
2 1986 figures are provisional.