§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will express the volume of manufacturing output as an index with 1979 as 100 giving changes for each year since then; and what was the number of workers in manufacturing for each of these years.
§ Mr. AtkinsThe information requested is as follows:
Year Index of manufacturing output (1979 = 100) All employees in manufacturing (000's) 1979 100.0 7,251 1980 91.3 6,935 1981 85.8 6,221 1982 86.0 5,863 1983 88.5 5,525 1984 92.1 5,409 1985 94.8 5,364 1986 95.0 5,235 1987 100.0 5,145 Manufacturing is defined as divisions 2 to 4 of the standard industrial classification.
The employment figures are June estimates for each year for Great Britain plus the average of each year's quarterly data for Northern Ireland.