Manufactures (Hansard, 12 December 1994)

§ Mr. Austin Mitchell
To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his oral answer of 23 November,Official Report, column 583, what was the increase in output of manufacturing (a) since 1973 and (b) between 1964 and 1973; and if he will make a statement.

§ Mr. Needham
The information is available from the Central Statistical Office's central shared database which can be accessed in the Library of the House. Manufacturing output is growing strongly: in the three months to October output was 5.3 per cent. higher than a year earlier.

§ Mr. Austin Mitchell
To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his oral answer 23 November,Official Report, column 583. what was the level of import penetration of the United Kingdom market for manufactures in 1979, 1988, 1990, 1992 and 1993 together with his forecast for 1994.

§ Mr. Needham
The information requested was published until 1989 in "Business Monitor MQ12", which is available in the Library of the House. The Central Statistical Office expects to publish provisional 1993 figures in the "Monthly Digest of Statistics" early in 1995. Figures for 1990 and 1992 are not available.

§ Mr. Austin Mitchell
To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his oral answer of 23 November,Official Report, column 583, what was the level of import penetration in the market for manufactures in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) France and (c) Italy.

§ Mr. Needham
The information requested was published until 1989 in "Business Monitor MQ12", which is available in the Library of the House. The Central Statistical Office expects to publish provisional 1993 figures in the "Monthly Digest of Statistics" early in 1995. The information requested with respect of France and Italy is not readily available and could be produced only at disproportionate cost.

§ Mr. Austin Mitchell
To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his oral answer of 23 November,Official Report, column 583, whether he will publish the latest figures for import penetration of the United Kingdom market for manufactures by two-digit sectors of the standard industrial classification.

§ Mr. Needham
The Central Statistical Office expects to publish provisional 1993 data on import penetration by industry sector, in the "Monthly Digest of Statistics", early in 1995.