§ Mr. Holtasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will increase the number of headings used in the production index from the present figure of 22, in order to provide detailed information equivalent to that available in Germany.
§ Mr. BarberThe purpose of an index of production is to give an overall measure of change in the volume of output. Industry details are provided only to give some indication of the make-up of the total change. The industries shown in the index of production are grouped in accordance with the Standard Industrial Classification; any further subdivision of those groups is unnecessary since actual figures of the production in individual industries are given in the Monthly Digest of Statistics.