HC Deb 02 July 1980 vol 987 cc565-7W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will confirm that the United Kingdom figures in table

groups covered by the wholesale price index, together with figures showing imports as a percentage of home production less exports.

Mr. Parkinson

Estimates for 1974 and 1979 are set out below in terms of the orders of the standard industrial classification 1968. Figures for years before 1968 are not available at this level of detail.

months of the current year by volume and value; and what amount of special steels was included in the total.

Mr. Parkinson

[pursuant to his reply, 26 June 1980, c. 233]: The available information is as follows:

F2 of the Monthly Review of External Trade Statistics include the erratic items and that United Kingdom figures available from statistics published by official international bodies of which the United Kingdom is a member also include these items.

Mr. Parkinson

Yes. I am not aware of any United Kingdom figures published by official international bodies which exclude these items.