§ Mr. Copeasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in theOfficial Reporta table showing for each quarter since 1970, using 1975 as a base of 100, the indices of industrial production, excluding construction, seasonally adjusted for all EEC members, the United States of America and Japan.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettThe table below shows the information requested. The figures for the United Kingdom are consistent with those published by press notice on 13th December 1978. For the other countries specified in the Question the figures have been received directly front OECD and are compatible with those published regularly in Main Economic Indicators.
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INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION EXCLUDING CONSTRUCTION Seasonally adjusted 1975=100 France* West Germany Italy Belgium Nether lands Luxembourg United Kingdom Ireland† Denmark† United States Japan 1970 First quarter … … … 86 94 93 90 83 112 97 85 90 92 89 Second quarter … … … 88 96 91 91 83 109 97 87 98 92 92 Third quarter … … … 88 96 93 94 85 107 97 89 100 92 93 Fourth quarter … … … 90 96 92 94 86 102 98 90 98 90 93 1971— First quarter … … … 91 98 92 94 88 103 97 90 97 92 94 Second quarter … … … 92 98 90 94 88 108 98 91 97 93 93 Third quarter … … … 94 98 92 95 90 108 97 91 101 93 95 Fourth quarter … … … 96 96 94 95 90 106 97 93 101 95 95 1972— First quarter … … … 96 99 95 98 91 106 93 92 103 98 97 Second quarter … … … 98 100 95 100 93 110 100 93 107 100 99 Third quarter … … … 99 101 94 99 94 112 101 96 107 102 102 Fourth quarter … … … 101 104 101 105 96 116 104 100 109 106 107 1973— First quarter … … … 103 107 97 106 98 121 107 105 111 108 113 Second quarter … … … 104 108 105 105 99 122 108 105 106 110 115 Third quarter … … … 106 108 109 106 101 124 108 106 112 111 117 Fourth quarter … … … 107 108 111 110 103 128 108 106 116 112 119 1974— First quarter … … … 109 107 113 112 105 132 101 110 115 110 119 Second quarter … … … 110 108 115 112 105 129 108 108 107 111 114 Third quarter … … … 110 106 110 111 107 130 107 106 103 112 110 Fourth quarter … … … 103 102 103 107 103 121 104 105 99 106 104
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1975=100 France* West Germany Italy Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg United Kingdom Ireland† Denmark† United States Japan 1975— First quarter … … … 100 99 102 103 101 109 103 100 96 96 98 Second quarter … … … 99 98 99 98 98 99 99 99 98 97 99 Third quarter … … … 99 99 98 98 97 90 98 99 100 102 101 Fourth quarter … … … 103 103 102 101 104 101 100 102 105 105 102 1976 First quarter … … … 108 106 107 105 104 105 100 106 109 108 107 Second quarter … … … 108 107 111 110 106 112 103 108 112 110 110 Third quarter … … … 110 109 113 109 107 104 103 110 113 111 113 Fourth quarter … … … 110 110 118 110 108 105 106 112 112 112 114 1977 First quarter … … … 113 111 121 111 107 108 108 114 113 113 115 Second quarter … … … 110 110 113 109 108 111 108 118 109 116 115 Third quarter … … … 110 111 112 107 105 102 108 117 116 118 115 Fourth quarter … … … 109 111 109 108 107 106 107 123 112 118 117 1978 First quarter … … … 110 111 115 108 106 115 108 127 109 119 120 Second quarter … … … 13 111 113 109 106 115 112 129 117 122 122 Third quarter … … … 110 114 114 108 108 110 112 • • 125 123 •Not available. *Quarterly data represents 78 per cent. of total industry. †Mining and manufacturing only.
§ Mr. Copeasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in theOfficial Reporta table showing for each quarter since 1970, using 1975 as a base of 100, the index of industrial production, all industries, and the index of industrial production, manufacturing only.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettThe data requested are given in the following table:
INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (1975=100) Seasonally adjusted All industries All industries Manufacturing industries Manufacturing industries 1970 1st quarter 99.1 97.3 2nd quarter 99.6 97.9 3rd quarter 100.0 98.0 4th quarter 100.2 98.8 1971 1st quarter 99.3 97.3 2nd quarter 100.4 98.1 3rd quarter 99.8 97.3 4th quarter 99.9 97.1 1972 1st quarter 96.4 95.1 2nd quarter 102.6 99.7 3rd quarter 103.1 100.7 4th quarter 106.0 104.6 1973 1st quarter 109.2 106.9 2nd quarter 109.7 108.1 3rd quarter 110.1 109.2 4th quarter 109.0 109.2 1974 1st quarter 102.6 104.4 2nd quarter 107.6 109.0 3rd quarter 106.9 108.1 4th quarter 103.4 104.7 1975 1st quarter 102.5 103.8 2nd quarter 99.5 99.2 3rd quarter 98.5 98.2 4th quarter 99.5 98.8 1976 1st quarter 100.1 99.1 2nd quarter 101.8 101.7 3rd quarter 101.7 101.8 4th quarter 104.5 103.2 1977 1st quarter 105.5 103.9 2nd quarter 105.6 102.5 3rd quarter 106.2 103.1 4th quarter 105.8 102.0 1978 1st quarter 107.1 102.5 2nd quarter 111.2 105.1 3rd quarter 111.0 105.2
§ Mr. Copeasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in theOfficial Reporta table showing for each year since 1945, using 1975 as a base of 100. the index of industrial production, 380W all industries, and the index of industrial production, manufacturing only.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettThe data requested are given for each year since 1948 in the following table. Data for earlier years are not available:
INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (1975–100) All industries Manufacturing industries 1948 50.3 46.9 1949 53.6 50.3 1950 56.8 54.1 1951 58.1 55.7 1952 56.3 53.0 1953 60.0 56.7 1954 63.0 59.8 1955 66.0 63.5 1956 66.6 63.4 1957 67.8 64.9 1958 67.3 64.3 1959 70.6 68.0 1960 75.5 73.5 1961 76.5 73.7 1962 77.2 73.8 1963 79.4 76.5 1964 86.1 83.4 1965 88.8 85.8 1966 90.1 87.3 1967 91.2 87.9 1968 97.0 94.1 1969 99.6 97.6 1970 99.7 98.0 1971 99.8 97.4 1972 102.0 100.0 1973 109.5 108.4 1974 105.1 106.5 1975 100.0 100.0 1976 102.0 101.4 1977 105.8 102.9