HC Deb 30 March 1965 vol 709 cc203-4W
Mr. Biffen

asked the Minister of Technology what share of total output of the United Kingdom machine tool industry, at the most recent convenient date, was accounted for by central Government purchases, local authority purchases, and purchases by the nationalised industries, respectively.

Mr. Biffen

asked the Minister of Technology what share of total output of the United Kingdom electronics industry, excluding computers and telecommunications, at the most recent convenient date, was accounted for by central Government purchases, local authority purchases and purchases by the nationalised industries, respectively.

Mr. Cousins

Statistics of public sector purchases are not at present collected in the detail asked for. I am examining whether, without a disproportionate expenditure of effort, it would be practicable to do so in future.