HC Deb 10 June 1969 vol 784 cc234-5W
65. Mr. Hiley

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the annual average increase in the index of industrial production from 1958 to 1964, inclusive, and from 1965 to the latest full year for which figures are available.

Mr. Harold Lever

For the period 1958 to 1964 industrial production increased by an annual average rate of 4.2 per cent. For 1965 to 1968 the rate was 1.9 per cent. In 1968 the index increased by 4.6 per cent.