§ Mr. Stephen O'Brien:To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what change there has been in (a) business investment, (b) manufacturing investment and (c) service sector investment in each of the last six years. [140950]
§ Ruth Kelly:The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. Stephen O'Brien, dated 2 December 2003:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question concerning the change there has been in (a) business investment, (b) manufacturing investment and (c) service sector investment in each of the last six years. I am replying in his absence. (140950)
The information requested is shown in the table below. The appropriate chained volume measure series have been used i.e. the effects of price changes through the period have been excluded.
Precentage change compared with previous year (Chained volume measures) Period (a) Business Investment (b) Total Manufacturing Investment (c) Total Sector Investment Service 1997 10.1 11.2 11.6 1998 18.1 4.2 29.2 1999 2.8 -8.8 8.0 2000 4.6 -3.0 10.1 2001 3.6 -9.7 5.8 2002 -3.5 -10.3 -1.2