§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether, pursuant to his reply to the hon. 695W 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. ForthThe 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.
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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.
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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.