§ Sir Wyn RobertsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what are the latest available figures for consumer expenditure per head in(a) Wales and (b) the United Kingdom; [17090]
(2) what are the latest available figures for GDP per head in (a) Wales and (b) the United Kingdom; [17089]
(3) what are the latest available figures for personal disposable income per head in (a) Wales and (b) the United Kingdom. [17091]
§ Mrs. Angela Knight[holding answer 24 February 1997]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
141WLetter from Tim Holt to Sir Wyn Roberts, dated 25 February 1997:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to reply to your recent questions on the latest available figures for consumers' expenditure, personal disposable income and GDP per head for Wales and the United Kingdom.The latest information available on consumers' expenditure and personal disposable income per head relates to 1994 and was published in the May 1996 issue of Economic Trends. Estimates for 1995 are expected to be published in the June 1997 edition of Economic Trends.The latest available figures for GDP per head are for 1995, and were published in January/February 1997 issue of Economic Trends.Please note that the consumers' expenditure and personal income figures are consistent with the UK estimates published in the 1995 Blue Book, whilst the later GDP estimates are consistent with the 1996 Blue Book. GDP figures consistent with the 1995 Blue Book were published in the March 1996 edition of Economic Trends.Both Economic Trends and the Blue Book are available in the House of Commons Library.