§ Mr. Tony Lloydasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish details of investments by manufacturing industry by regions (i) at constant prices and (ii) for each year in constant prices as a percentage of 1979 prices, for each year for 1979 using the latest estimates where appropriate.
§ Mr. ButcherThe requested information is show in the tables:
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Region 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Wales 471 330 295 252 251 321 360 Scotland 589 568 491 404 348 425 554 Northern Ireland 127 125 106 92 104 126 129 United Kingdom 6,750 5,655 4,367 4,112 4,299 5,176 5,590
Net Capital Expenditure1 in manufacturing industry2 for each standard region of the United Kingdom as a percentage of net capital expenditure in the same region in 1979 Percentage Region 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 North 100 70 46 42 45 58 66 Yorkshire and Humberside 100 77 58 53 57 66 70 East Midlands 100 82 66 67 67 79 91 East Anglia 100 82 63 77 76 83 92 South East 100 86 68 66 73 87 90 South West 100 85 72 71 82 98 102 West Midlands 100 87 60 60 60 81 81 North West 100 89 63 58 61 69 72 Wales 100 70 62 53 53 68 76 Scotland 100 96 83 69 59 72 94 Northern Ireland 100 98 84 73 82 99 102 United Kingdom 100 84 65 61 64 77 83 1 Excluding expenditure on assets leased from the financial industries. 2 Divisions 2–4, Standard Industrial Classification, Revised 1980. Sources: Annual Census of Production and United Kingdom National Accounts.