§ Mr. Tony Lloydasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish in the Official Report details of manufacturing investment by region for each year from 1975.
§ Mr. ButcherThe requested information is shown in the following table. The figures relate to investment by manufacturing industry (excluding leased assets). The latest year for which data are available is 1984.
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Region 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million North 613 492 358 343 393 522 Yorkshire and Humberside 625 557 453 442 499 605 East Midlands 478 454 398 432 455 557 East Anglia 210 199 167 216 226 255 South East 1,581 1,561 1,355 1,394 1,627 2,013 South West 377 367 342 360 435 541 West Midlands 705 704 532 564 598 842 North West 971 995 766 758 838 976 Wales 472 380 371 338 353 471 Scotland 589 654 617 542 491 623 Northern Ireland 127 144 134 124 146 185 1 Divisions 2 to 4, Standard Industrial Classification, Revised 1980. Source: Annual Census of Production, Business Monitor PA 1002.