HC Deb 19 January 1979 vol 960 c935W
Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what was the real growth in industrial investment between July 1975 and the latest available date in 1978.

Mr. Les Huckfield:

Manufacturing investment in the second and third quarters of 1978 taken together was £1,928 million at 1975 prices, seasonally adjusted. This was 10 per cent. above the level in the corresponding quarters of 1975.