HC Deb 02 November 1988 vol 139 cc694-7W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Burnley (Mr. Pike) on 19 October, Official Report, column 953, he will give the capital expenditure data for manufacturing industry in each standard region in current prices, constant 1980 prices, and as an index taking 1980 as 100 for each year from 1978.

Mr. Forth

The requested information is shown in the tables:

Net capital expenditure in manufacturing industry1 by standard region of the United Kingdom at current prices
£ million
Region 1978 1979
North 681 683
Yorkshire and Humberside 595 634
East Midlands 382 466

Region 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
North 613 492 358 343 393 522 630 585
Yorkshire and Humberside 625 557 453 442 499 605 680 852
East Midlands 478 454 398 432 455 557 680 681
East Anglia 210 199 167 216 226 255 302 297
South East 1,581 1,561 1,355 1,394 1,627 2,013 2,231 2,349
South west 377 367 342 360 435 541 600 594
West Midlands 705 704 532 564 598 842 893 865
North West 971 995 766 758 838 976 1,095 1,000
Wales 472 380 371 338 353 471 563 524
Scotland 589 654 617 542 491 623 866 777
Northern Ireland 127 144 134 124 146 185 202 182

Note: Divisions 2–4, Standard Industrial Classification, revised 1980.

Net capital expenditure in manufacturing industry1 by standard region of the United Kingdom at constant 1980 prices
£ million
Region 1978 1979
North 874 786
Yorkshire and Humberside 764 730
East Midlands 490 536
East Anglia 217 238
South East 1,742 1,954
South West 372 402

£ million
Region 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
North 706 493 327 294 321 408 464 408
Yorkshire and Humberside 719 557 415 380 407 474 500 594
East Midlands 550 454 364 371 371 436 500 475
East Anglia 242 199 153 186 185 200 222 207
South East 1,819 1,561 1,240 1,197 1,328 1,576 1,640 1,638
South West 434 367 313 309 355 424 442 414
West Midlands 812 705 487 484 489 660 656 603
North West 1,118 995 701 651 684 764 805 698
Wales 543 380 339 290 288 369 414 365
Scotland 678 654 565 465 401 488 637 542
Northern Ireland 146 144 122 106 119 145 149 127
1Divisions 2–4, Standard Industrial Classification, revised 1980.

Indices of net capital expenditure in manufacturing industry1 by standard region of the United Kingdom at constant 1980 prices
1980=100
Region 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
North 159 143 100 66 60 65 83 94 83
Yorkshire 135 129 100 75 68 73 85 90 107
East Midlands 111 121 100 80 82 82 96 110 105
East Anglia 111 122 100 77 93 93 101 112 104
South East 104 117 100 79 77 85 101 105 105
South West 109 118 100 85 84 97 116 120 113
West Midlands 111 115 100 69 69 69 94 93 86
North West 99 112 100 70 65 69 77 81 70
Wales 107 143 100 89 76 76 97 109 96
Scotland 107 104 100 86 71 61 75 97 83
Northern Ireland 85 101 100 85 74 83 101 103 88

Region 1978 1979
East Anglia 169 207
South East 1,357 1,698
South West 290 349
West Midlands 606 702
North West 787 990
Wales 331 495
Scotland 551 597
Northern Ireland 94 124
1 Orders III to XIX, Standard Industrial Classification, revised 1968.

Region 1978 1979
West Midlands 778 808
North West 1,010 1,139
Wales 425 570
Scotland 707 687
Northern Ireland 121 143
1Orders III to XIX, Standard Industrial Classification, revised 1968.

1 Orders III to XIX, Standard Industrial Classification, revised 1968. For 1979–86, Divisions 2–4, Standard Industrial Classification, revised 1980.

Sources: Annual Census of Production and United Kingdom National Accounts.