HC Deb 13 May 1980 vol 984 cc440-1W
Mr. Canavan

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what has been the amount of industrial investment in the United Kingdom for each year since 1970.

Mr. David Mitchell

Capital expenditure by manufacturing industry is given for 1970–1978 at current prices and at 1975 prices in tables 10.6 and 10.7 of the 1979 " National Income and Expenditure" Blue Book. The comparable figures for 1979 are given in tables 1 and 4 on pages 550 and 551 of "British Business" dated 28 March 1980.