§ 59. Mr. J. Osbornasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will tabulate the value of retail sales for each region and in total in each quarter of 1968, and for the first quarter of 1969.
§ Mr. DellA regional distribution of retail sales in years between censuses of distribution is not available. For Great Britain as a whole total sales by the retail trade were £2,900 million, £3,000 million, £3,000 million and £3,600 million in the successive four quarters of 1968 and £3,000 million in the first quarter of 1969.