HC Deb 28 February 1985 vol 74 c260W
Mr. MacKenzie

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report the annual percentage change in manufacturing output for 1974 to 1984.

Mr. Lawson

Revised figures for manufacturing output were issued on 13 February in the press notice on the index of the production industries for December 1984. The annual percentage changes in manufacturing output for 1974 to 1984 are as follows:

Year Per cent.
1974 -1.2
1975 -6.9
1976 +1.9
1977 +2.0
1978 +0.5
1979 -0.2
1980 -8.8
1981 -6.1
1982 +0.6
1983 +2.5
1984 +3.3