§ Mr. Tebbitasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the cumulative increases and the average annual rates of increase in manufacturing output and total industrial output in the following periods: (a) July 1945 to October 1951, (b) October 1951
Manufacturing industries All industries Percentage increase Annual average percentage rate of increase Percentage increase Annual average percentage rate of increase 1948–51 … … +18.8 +5.9 +15.6 +5.0 1951–64 … … +49.8 +3.2 +48.1 +3.1 October 1964-June 1970* … … +15.5 +2.6 +3.3 +2.2 June 1970-February 1974* … … +6.9 +1.8 +3.5 +0.9 February 1974-April 1978*† … … -1.4 -0.3 +1.6 +0.4 * Based on seasonally adjusted index numbers of industrial production before further adjustment to compensate for the use of some series which measure deliveries rather than production Such adjustments are not available monthly Furthermore, the measurement of production during the first quarter of 1974 was particularly difficult because of the restriction to three-day working during January and February Any comparisons involving this period are subject to uncertainty. † Provisional.