§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for gross. value added in manufacturing industry in the latest available year (i) the median, (ii) the upper and lower quartiles, (iii) the upper and lower deciles and (iv) the average.
§ Mr. ButcherApart from the average gross value added in manufacturing industry, which is included in the answer given today to another question by the hon. Member. I regret that the information requested is not available and could not be obtained without significant computer programming and processing.
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the average gross value added in manufacturing in the latest available year; and how this compares with the figure for plants employing more than (i) 1,000 workers and (ii) 500 workers.
§ Mr. ButcherThe average gross value added per establishment in manufacturing .industry (revised definition*) for 1980 was £½ million for all establishments, £14½ million for establishments employing 500 persons or more and £26 million for establishments employing 1,000 persons or more.
* Divisions 2 to 4 of standard industrial classification (revised 1980).