HC Deb 16 February 1988 vol 127 cc530-1W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) what was the total output of office equipment, the percentage exported, and the proportion of the domestic market taken by imports in(a) the United Kingdom, (b) West Germany and (c) Japan in 1958, 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975 and in each year from 1979 to 1987;

(2) what was the total output of computers, the percentage exported, and the proportion of the domestic market taken by imports in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) West Germany and (c) Japan in 1958, 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975 and in each year from 1979 to 1987.

Mr. Alan Clark

Information for the United Kingdom for Office Equipment (Activity Heading 3301) and Computers (Activity Heading 3302) is published in table 10.5 of theMonthly Digest of Statistics and in Business Monitor MQ12, "Import penetration and export sales ratios for manufacturing industry". These are available in the House of Commons Library. Information for West Germany and Japan could be provided only at disproportionate cost.