§ Mr. David Priceasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the average annual rates of growth of production in United Kingdom manufacturing industry between 1975 and 1977 and similar figures for each industrial sector within the total of manufacturing industry; how these figures compare with the Treasury's Scenario II targets for 1975–80; and what are the revised Scenario II targets in order that the original Scenario II shall be fulfilled by the end of 1980.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettThe information requested on actual rates of growth from 1975 to 1977 and Scenario II targets from 1975 to 1979 is set out in the following table. Scenario II targets have not been revised; the latest sector working party targets were presented to the February meeting of NEDC.
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ANNUAL AVERAGE GROWTH RATES Actual 1975–77 Scenario II 1975–79 Food 2.8 4.3 Drink 0.9 5.2 Tobacco -2.5 3.1 Chemicals 6.4 10.8 Ferrous Metals 1.5 12.3 Non-Ferrous Metals 0.2 8.3 Mechanical Engineering -4.7 7.4 Instrument Engineering -1.1 11.3 Electrical Engineering 0.4 10.7 Motor Vehicles 3.6 11.1 Other Metal Goods 1.3 9.3 Textiles -0.2 5.2 Clothing and Footwear 3.2 3.5 Bricks and Cement -2.2 0.9 Pottery and Glass 3.1 9.8 Paper, Printing and Publishing 3.3 9.1 Total Manufacturing 0.7 7.9 ranked because of the different time periods involved):