HC Deb 20 January 1987 vol 108 c460W
Mr. Leighton

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what has been the level of manufacturing output in each year since 1979 expressed as a percentage of the 1979 level.

Mr. Butcher

The information requested is given in the table:

Index of output of the manufacturing industries (1979 = 100)
Percentage
1979 100.0
1980 91.3
1981 85.8
1982 86.0
1983 88.5
1984 92.0
1985 94.9
19861 95.1
11986 figure is the average of the first eleven months of the year.