§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will publish a table, taking 1979 as 100, of investment in real terms in manufacturing(a) in the north-east and (b) for the United Kingdom as a whole.
§ Mr. AtkinsNo regional breakdown of manufacturing investment for 1987 and 1988 is yet available. The required information for the period 1979 to 1986 is shown in the following table:
Manufacturing investment1 in the north-east2, and in the United Kingdom in constant (1980) prices, as a percentage of the 1979 level North-east United Kingdom 1979 100 100 1980 66 84 1981 42 65 1982 41 61 1983 41 64 1984 47 77 1985 58 83 1986 50 78 1 Excluding expenditure on assets leased from the financial industries. 2 The north-east is not a standard region of the United Kingdom but can be defined as the north less Cumbria. It comprises Cleveland, Durham, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear. Since 1986, manufacturing investment in the country as a whole has risen sharply; and is predicted to continue rising.