HC Deb 12 December 1980 vol 995 c503W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his Department's estimate of the level of manufacturing output as a proportion of gross domestic product at current prices for the United Kingdom for 1979.

Mr. Biffen

Output—value added—of manufacturing industry accounted for 27½ per cent. of the gross domestic product at current prices in 1979.