§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer why the figures for table 2–2, chapters 12–14 in the current years's edition of the United Kingdom National Accounts have not been updated for 1988; and if he will now publish the figures in theOfficial Report.
§ Mr. Norman Lamont[holding answer 23 October 1989]: Table 2–2: The analysis of gross domestic product by the manufacturing industries will, following the usual practice and reflecting the availability of data, be updated to cover 1988 in next year's edition.
Chapter 12: Estimates of tangible and intangible non-financial assets for the national and sector balance sheets will be updated when resources permit, and depending on the contribution they can make to assessments of economic developments. The personal sector balance sheet estimates for 1988 will appear, as usual, in the February 1990 edition of the CSO's "Financial Statistics".
Chapter 13: Estimates of fixed capital formation by certain industries in 1988 were not thought to be of an acceptable quality to permit publication. Such reliable estimates as can be made will appear in the quarterly national income and expenditure articles in the CSO's "Economic Trends.
Chapter 14: The estimates of capital consumption and capital stock are derived from the full range of fixed capital 514W formation statistics. Some of the estimates for 1988 have not been produced because of quality problems with the fixed investment statistics.