§ Mr. Blakerasked the Minister of Technology if he will give in constant 1963 prices the value of new investment in manufacturing industry in each year since 1960.
Mr. Alan WilliamsThe information available is as follows:
Fixed Investment by Manufacturing Industry £ million, 1963 prices 1960 1,104 1961 1,301 1962 1,196 1963 1,055 1964 1,190 1965 1,309 1966 1,351 1967 1,310 1968 1,349 1969 first three quarters seasonally adjusted 1,041 NOTE.—The figures comprise expenditure on vehicles and plant and machinery, less receipts from sales of these assets, and expenditure on new building work.