HC Deb 09 December 1983 vol 50 c284W
Mr. Henderson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the relative share of profits in manufacturing and in total gross domestic in Scotland compared with the United Kingdom as a whole in 1982.

Mr. Allan Stewart

Estimates for 1982 are not yet available. For 1981 the latest estimates are that gross trading profits and surpluses, net of stock appreciation, constituted 13 per cent. of gross domestic product in Scotland and 11 per cent. in the United Kingdom excluding the continental shelf; they constituted 25 per cent. of manufacturing gross domestic product in Scotland and 19 per cent. in the United Kingdom.