§ Mr. Leightonasked 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. ButcherThe 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.