HC Deb 11 November 1980 vol 992 cc145-6W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will circulate a table in the Official Report showing the increase in output of manufacturing industry for each year since 1963 and in 1980 to date and two tables comparing the increases from 1963 to 1973 and from 1973 to the present.

Mr. Lawson

I have been asked to reply.

The information requested is shown in the table below. August 1980 is the latest date for which figures are available.

Manufacturing output
Percentage change over previous year
1963 +3.6
1964 +9.0
1965 +2.9
1966 +1.8
1967 +0.7
1968 +7.1
1969 +3.7
1970 +0.4
1971 -0.5
1972 +2.6
1973 +8.4
1974 -1.7
1975 -6.2
1976 +1.4
1977 +1.6
1978 +0.8
1979 +0.3

On the basis of the figures from January to August 1980, the change in manufacturing output between 1979 and 1980 has been a fall of 6.4 per cent. The average increase at an annual rate in manufacturing output measured at constant prices is shown below:

From 1963 to 1973 +3.5%
From 1973 to 1980 (average January to August seasonally adjusted) -1.6%

Source: Central Statistical Office