§ Mr. SalmondTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) for what reason gross domestic product estimates for the countries and regions of the United Kingdom are two years behind United Kingdom gross domestic product estimates; [79325]
(2) when gross domestic product estimates will be made for each country and region of the United Kingdom for 2000; [79324]
(3) what the gross domestic product per capita was of each country and region of the United Kingdom in (a) the most recent year and (b) each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [79323]
§ Ruth KellyThe answer requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from L. Cook to Mr. Alex Salmond, dated 4 November 2002:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your three recent questions on
- (a) the timing of publication of gross domestic product estimates for the countries and regions of the United Kingdom; (79325)
- (b) the date for the publication of estimates of gross domestic product for the countries and regions of the United Kingdom for the year 2000; (79324)
- (c) what the gross domestic product per capita was of each country and region of the United Kingdom in (a) the most recent year and (b) each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. (79323)
(a) Currently the latest available estimates for the Gross Value Added (GVA*) for the countries and regions of the United Kingdom are for 1999. This publication lag is longer than usual and has been caused by the ONS completing an exceptionally demanding work programme to include a number of new and revised data sources. This additional work led to a deferral of the publication of estimates of GVA from their planned release date in May 2002 and the reasons for this deferral were covered in a ONS News Release of 21 May 2002.More usually, estimates of GVA below UK level are published some three to four months after the UK-level estimates are released. One of the main reasons for this delay is to ensure that the sub-UK estimates are consistent with (i.e. add up to) those published in the United Kingdom National Accounts. We plan to meet that goal this year by publishing estimates for the period up to 2001 before the end of 2002.(b) The ONS announced in the August edition of Updates that Regional Gross Value Added is to be published for the years 2000 and 2001 on 17 December 2002.(c) The estimates of GVA per head for the countries and regions of the United Kingdom for the period 1989 to 1999, consistent with the National Accounts data published in 2000 are shown in table A.*While the estimates have been historically referred to as Gross Domestic Product (GDP), under the new European System of Accounts 1995 (ESA95) they are more correctly referred to as Gross Value Added (GVA) at basic prices. From 2002 onwards, the term GVA is being used.143W
Table A: Gross Value Added: £ person North East North West (GOR) and Merseyside Yorkshire and the Humber East Midlands West Midlands East London 1993 8,216 8,783 8,563 9,102 8,855 10,772 12,494 1994 8,441 9,248 8,901 9,519 9,352 11,467 13,088 1995 8,796 9,547 9,354 9,944 9,869 11,889 13,406 1996 9,111 9,980 9,927 10,673 10,309 12,582 14,107 19971 9,301 10,494 10,541 11,371 10,845 13,657 15,266 19981 9,741 10,909 10,983 11,848 11,455 14,530 16,532 19991 10,024 11,273 11,404 12,146 11,900 15,094 16,859
United Kingdom South East South West Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Excluding Extra Regio Including Extra-Regio and stat Discrepancy 1989 8,805 7,297 6,624 7,544 5,893 7,888 8,053 1990 9,586 7,917 7,080 8,321 6,300 8,535 8,712 1991 9,866 8,183 7,450 8,814 6,787 8,880 9,050 1992 10,242 8,547 7,632 9,217 7,163 9,236 9,404 1993 10,834 8,927 7,978 9,614 7,610 9,671 9,852 1994 11,441 9,311 8,393 10,168 8,114 10,170 10,372 1995 11,918 9,828 8,900 10,818 8,654 10,619 10,842 1996 12,761 10,351 9,240 11,162 8,964 11,185 11,462 19971 13,634 11,008 9,562 11,429 9,507 11,871 12,118 19981 14,510 11,447 10,063 12,117 9,754 12,548 12,750 19991 15,098 11,782 10,449 12,512 10,050 12,972 13,213 1 Provisional