HC Deb 31 January 1991 vol 184 c571W
21. Mr. Beaumont-Dark

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is manufacturing output today; and what was the comparable figure in spring 1979.

Mr. Mellor

Manufacturing output data are published in index form, with the average for 1985 equal to 100. In the three months to November manufacturing output averaged 116.2. In the second quarter of 1979 the index was 108.7.

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