HC Deb 26 July 1989 vol 157 c697W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing for each industry listed in the tables given in replies to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby, 14 November 1988, Official Report, columns 401–2 and 412, concerning import penetration in certain industries, the increase in the volume of imports and exports to the four areas between 1979 and 1987 together with the gross and net fixed capital investments.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

I have been asked to reply.

Constant price trade-by-industry data are not available on an area basis. Detailed information on fixed capital expenditure by individual sectors of industry may be conveniently found in the summary volumes of the annual census of production.