§ Mr. Nicholas BrownTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table giving business investment measured in current prices as a percentage of166W gross domestic product, measured in current prices for each year since 1974, including quarterly figures since 1988, and the average for periods 1974 to 1979 and 1979 to 1990.
§ Mr. Mellor[holding answer 16 December 1991]: The latest estimates are available on the CSO database which may be accessed through the House of Commons Library. Business investment is defined as private sector and public corporations gross domestic fixed capital formation, excluding purchases less sales of land and existing buildings and private sector investment in dwellings. The database identifier formula for business investment at current prices is DECR minus (GGAG + DFHV + AAUC + AAUG + DEET). The identifier for gross domestic product at current market prices is CAOB.