Gross Domestic Product

HC Deb 05 May 1988 vol 132 cc542-3W

Mr. Wigley

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will give the increase for domestic product per capita in each of the regions of the United Kingdom since 1979; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Atkins

Estimates of gross domestic product per capita in each of the regions of the United Kingdom were published in the November 1987 edition ofEconomic Trends, a copy of which is available in the House Library.

Increases in gross domestic product per capita between 1979 and 1986 are provided for the specified regions in the table:

Gross domestic product1 per capita from 1979 to 19862
	1979	19862	Increase £/head	Increase per cent.
North	2,701	5,142	2,441	90
Yorkshire and Humberside	2,754	5,215	2,461	89
East Midlands	2,840	5,378	2,538	89
East Anglia	2,778	5,643	2,865	103

	1979	19862	Increase £/head	Increase per cent.
South East	3,417	6,575	3,158	92
South West	2,749	5,380	2,631	96
West Midlands	2,828	5,069	2,241	79
North West	2,854	5,232	2,378	83
Wales	2,618	4,795	2,177	83
Scotland	2,829	5,234	2,405	85
Northern Ireland	2,316	3,889	1,573	68
United Kingdom3	2,964	5,597	2,633	89
1 Gross domestic product at factor cost, current prices.
2 1986 figures are provisional.
3 Excluding Continental Shelf.