HC Deb 11 November 1985 vol 86 cc45-6W
Mr. Gordon Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will estimate the gross domestic product per head of each regional area as a proportion of the south east for (a) 1979 and (b) 1984 or the most recent year for which figures are available.

Mr. Butcher

The data for the gross domestic product per head (at factor cost) of each regional area as a proportion (in percentage terms) of the South East are shown in the table for(a) 1979 and (b) 1983 (the latest available).

1979 1983
United Kingdom 86.7 84.0
South East 100.0 100.0
North 79.1 75.3
Yorkshire and Humberside 80.6 76.8
East Midlands 83.4 79.6
East Anglia 81.7 81.6

1979 1983
South West 81.1 80.4
West Midlands 82.9 74.0
North West 83.4 79.0
England 88.5 85.9
Wales 74.9 70.4
Scotland 83.1 81.0
Northern Ireland 64.5 61.2