HC Deb 22 October 1979 vol 972 cc63-5W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the

1975 = 100
Wholesale price of materials and fuels purchased by manufacturing industry other than food, drink and tobacco Wholesale price of home sales of manufacturing industry other than food, drink and tobacco Unit value of imports of basic materials (as defined in the Overseas Trade Statistics)
1967—1st quarter 23.9 46.2 37.9
2nd quarter 23.5 46.1 37.5
3rd quarter 23.9 46.5 37.0
4th quarter 25.5 46.9 37.4
1968—1st quarter 27.4 47.8 39.6
2nd quarter 26.7 48.3 41.0
3rd quarter 26.6 48.4 41.6
4th quarter 28.4 48.6 41.7
1969—1st quarter 27.3 49.0 42.5
2nd quarter 27.7 49.4 43.6
3rd quarter 28.1 50.0 44.1
4th quarter 28.4 50.6 44.6
1970—1st quarter 28.5 52.0 46.2
2nd quarter 28.4 52.8 47.0
3rd quarter 28.6 54.1 46.8
4th quarter 29.2 5.50 46.6
1971—1st quarter 30.7 56.6 47.2
2nd quarter 32.2 57.2 48.3
3rd quarter 32.9 58.6 47.8
4th quarter 32.7 59.0 47.7
1972—1st quarter 32.6 59.9 46.6
2nd quarter 33.0 60.8 48.0
3rd quarter 33.9 61.7 49.9
4th quarter 35.0 63.0 52.9
1973—1st quarter 42.3 63.5 57.2
2nd quarter 43.7 64.4 62.6
3rd quarter 47.8 66.2 67.8
4th quarter 54.6 68.8 74.6

value of the basic materials and of the fuel purchased by manufacturing industry other than food, drink and tobacco in 1975; what was the corresponding figure for output; what was the landed value of imported basic materials; and if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing in each case the change in prices in each quarter from 1 January 1967 expressed in the form of an index based on 1975.

Sir Geoffrey Howe

asked The information requested is not available for 1975. In the input-output tables for 1973 it is estimated that purchases of non-manufactured goods by manufacturing industry other than food, drink and tobacco were £3,205 million in that year. Of these, £2,300 million were fuels and £1,975 million were imports. Sales by manufacturing industry other than food, drink and tobacco to final demand and to industries outside the sector were £32,200 million. Corresponding price indices are not available. The following table gives indices for broadly similar categories. For the later years these indices are published in the Monthly Digest of Statistics.

1975=100
Wholesale price of materials and fuels purchased by manufacturing industry other than food, drink and tobacco Wholesale price of home sales of manufacturing industry other than food, drink and tobacco Unit value of imports of basic materials (as defined in the Overseas Trade Statistics)
1974—1st quarter 83.1 75.0 85.6
2nd quarter 85.8 80.8 96.6
3rd quarter 87.2 84.5 102.0
4th quarter 91.0 88.6 102.4
1975—1st quarter 92.6 94.5 99.2
2nd quarter 96.3 98.6 97.9
3rd quarter 101.7 101.8 99.2
4th quarter 109.5 105.1 103.8
1976—1st quarter 113.3 1101 106.6
2nd quarter 126.2 114.3 117.9
3rd quarter 129.9 119.1 127.4
4th quarter 137.6 124.3 140.6
1977—1st quarter 140.7 131.1 145.4
2nd quarter 143.5 137.0 147.5
3rd quarter 143.6 140.6 147.1
4th quarter 139.1 143.3 138.9
1978—1st quartet 134.2 146.6 129.7
2nd quarter 141.5 149.4 131.5
3rd quarter 139.2 152.3 133.9
4th quarter 140.9 155.2 134.3
1979—1st quarter 146.7 160.0 140.7