HC Deb 03 May 1989 vol 152 cc152-63W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the output of, employment in, balance of trade for, and extent of import penetration in, the optical precision instrument industry (SIC order 3732) for each year since 1983; if he will provide an estimate for 1988; and if he will express the figures in each case as an index with the latest available year as the base.

Mr. Alan Clark

The information is shown in the table:

1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Employment 100 100
Import Penetration 98 104 130 112 100
Source:
1 Department of Employment.
2 Department of Trade and Industry.
3 No index numbers have been provided for the trade balance as it is not suitable for treatment in this way.

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the output of, employment in, balance of trade for, and extent of import penetration in, the Pharmaceuticals industry (SIC order 257) for each year

Pharmaceuticals SIC Group 257
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 41988
Index of production 1985 = 1001 91 95 100 105 112 121
Employment '000s2 68 68 67 68 71
Trade Balance £ million3 +591 +664 +823 +840 +829 +867
Import Penetration per cent. 3 22 25 25 25 25 24
Series expressed as index numbers referenced to 1987 = 1005
Index of production6 81 85 89 93 100 108
Employment 95 95 94 96 100
Import Penetration 88 100 100 100 100 96
Source:
1 Central Statistical Office.
2 Department of Employment.
3 Department of Trade and Industry
4 Provisional
5 No index numbers have been provided for the trade balance as it is not suitable for treatement in this way
6 Index of production re-referenced to 1987=100.

Mr. Cousins

to ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the output of, employment in, balance of trade for, and extent of import penetration in, the medical equipment manufacture industry (SIC order 372)

Medical equipment manufacturing industry
SIC Group 372
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 41988
Index of production 1985=1001 90 100 100 101 108 122
Employment 000s 2 2 22
Trade Balance £ million3 +52 +52 +88 +105 +99
Import Penetration per cent. 3 64 69 84 84 82
Series expressed as index numbers referenced to 1987 = 1005
Index of production6 83 93 93 94 100 113
Employment 100 100
Import Penetration 78 84 102 102 100
Source:
1 Central Statistical Office.
2 Department of Employment.
3 Department of Trade and Industry.
4 Provisional
5 No index numbers have been provided for the trade balance as it is not suitable for treatment in this way.
6 Index of production re-referenced to 1987=100.

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the output of, employment in, balance of trade for, and extent of import penetration in, the medical equipment manufacture industry (SIC order

Measuring Etc. Instrument Manufacture
SIC Group 371
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 41988
Index of production 1985=1001 84 87 100 101 110 118
Employment '000s 2 56 55
Trade Balance £ million3 +88 +67 +80 +120 +94

since 1983; if he will provide an estimate for 1988; and if he will express the figures in each case as an index with the latest available year as the base.

Mr. Alan Clark

The information is shown in the table:

for each year since 1983; if he will provide an estimate for 1988; and if he will express the figures in each case as an index with the latest available year as the base.

Mr. Alan Clark

The information available is shown in the table:

371) for each year since 1983; if he will provide an estimate for 1988; and if he will express the figures in each case as an index with the latest available year as the base.

Mr. Alan Clark

The information available is shown in the table:

1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 41988
Import Penetration per cent. 3 21 21 19 18 19
Series expressed as index numbers referenced to 1987= 1005
Index of production6 76 79 91 92 100 107
Employment 102 100
Import Penetration 111 111 100 95 100
Source:
1 Central Statistical Office.
2 Department of Employment.
3 Department of Trade and Industry.
4 Provisional
5 No index numbers have been provided for the trade balance as it is not suitable for treatment in this way.
6 Index of production re-referenced to 1987=100.

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the output of, employment in, balance of trade for, and extent of import penetration in, the instrument engineering industry (SIC order 37) for each

Instrument engineering industry
SIC group 37
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Employment '000s1 104 104 105 105 103
Trade balance £ million2 -182 -268 -309 -387 -350
Import penetration per cent. 2 55 58 57 56 58
Series expressed as index numbers referenced to 1987= 1003
Employment 101 101 102 102 100
Import penetration 95 100 98 96 100
Source:
1 Department of Employment.
2 Department of Trade and Industry.
3 No index numbers have been provided for the trade balance as it is not suitable for treatment in this way.

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the output of, employment in, balance of trade for, and extent of import penetration in, the shipbuilding and shiprepairing industry (SIC order 361)

Shipbuilding and shiprepairing industry
SIC group 361
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Index of production 1985= 1001 124 113 100 86 487
Employment '000s2 83 76
Trade balance £ million3 +195 +326 +158 -69 +122
Import penetration per cent.3 11 34 11 48 31
Series expressed as index numbers referenced to 1987= 1005
Index of production6 143 130 us 99 100
Employment 109 100
Import penetration 36 110 36 155 100
Source:
1 Central Statistical Office.
2 Department of Employment.
3 Department of Trade and Industry.
4 Provisional.
5 No index numbers have been provided for the trade balance as it is not suitable for treatment in this way.
6 Index of production re-referenced to 1987=100.

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the output of, employment in, balance of trade for, and extent of import penetration in, the other telecommunication industry (SIC orders 3453 and 3454)

year since 1983; if he will provide an estimate for 1988; and if he will express the figures in each case as an index with the latest available year as the base.

Mr. Alan Clark

The information available is shown in the table:

for each year since 1983; if he will provide an estimate for 1988; and if he will express the figures in each case as an index with the latest available year as the base.

Mr. Alan Clark

The information available is shown in the table:

for each year since 1983; if he will provide an estimate for 1988; and if he will express the figures in each case as an index with the latest available year as the base.

Mr. Alan Clark

The information available is shown in the table:

Other electronic equipment industry
SIC Activities 3453 and 3454
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Employment '000s1 103 111
Trade Balance £ million2 -1,341 -1,230 -1,212 -1,210 -1,430
Import Penetration per cent. 2 77 81 90 91 96
Series expressed as index numbers referenced to 1987= 1003
Employment 93 100
Import Penetration 80 84 94 95 100
Source:
1 Department of Employment.
2 Department of Trade and Industry.
3 No index numbers have been provided for the trade balance as it is not suitable for treatment in this way.

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the output of, employment in, balance of trade for, and extent of import penetration in, the telecommunications equipment manufacturing industry (SIC order 344) for each year since 1983; if he will provide

Telecommunication equipment and other electronic industrial goods
SIC Group 344
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Employment '000s1 172 169
Trade Balance £ million2 +148 +70 +222 +245 +88
Import Penetration per cent. 2 36 37 39 39 43
Series expressed as index numbers referenced to 1987= 1003
Employment 102 100
Import Penetration 116 114 109 109 100
Source:
1 Department of Employment.
2 Department of Trade and Industry.
3 No index numbers have been provided for the trade balance as it is not suitable for treatment in this way.

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the output of, employment in, balance of trade for, and extent of import penetration in, the basic electrical manufacturing industry (SIC order 342) for each

Basic electrical equipment industry
SIC Group 342
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Employment '000s1 104 98
Trade Balance £ million2 +540 +389 +445 +523 +261
Import Penetration per cent.2 36 38 45 42 47
Series expressed as index numbers referenced to 1987 = 1003
Employment 106 100
Import Penetration 69 81 96 89 100
Source:
1 Department of Employment.
2 Department of Trade and Industry.
3 No index numbers have been provided for the trade balance as it is not suitable for treatment this way.

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the output of employment in, balance of trade for, and extent of import penetration in, the electrical electronic engineering industry (SIC order 34) for

Electrical and elecronic engineering
SIC Class 34
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 41988
Index of production 1985 = 1001 89 97 100 102 104 111
Employment '000s2 615 607 594 569 560
Trade Balance £ million3 -1,034 -1,400 -1,220 -1,318 -2,025
Import Penetration3 42 44 47 47 49

an estimate for 1988; and if he will express the figures in each case as an index with the latest available year as the base.

Mr. Alan Clark

The information available is shown in the table:

year since 1983; if he will provide an estimate for 1988; and if he will express the figures in each case as an index with the latest available year as the base.

Mr. Alan Clark

The information available is shown in the table:

each year since 1983; if he will provide an estimate for 1988; and if he will express the figures in each case as an index with the latest available year as the base.

Mr. Alan Clark

The information available is shown in the table:

1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 41988
Series expressed as index numbers referenced to 1987 = 1005
Index of production6 86 93 96 98 100 107
Employment 110 108 106 102 100
Import Penetration 86 90 96 96 100
Source:
1 Central Statistical Office.
2 Department of Employment.
3 Department of Trade and Industry.
4 Provisional.
5 No index numbers have been provided for the trade balance as it is not suitable for treatment in this way.
6 Index of production re-referenced to 1987= 100.

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the output of, employment in, balance of trade for, and extent of import penetration in, the office machinery and data processing manufacturing industry (SIC order 33) for each year since 1983; if he will provide

Office machinery and data processing manufacturing
SIC Class 33
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Employment '0001 80 84 91 92 96
Trade Balance £ million2 -947 -1,040 -670 -686 -887
Import Penetration per cent2 106 105 100 100 93
Series expressed as index numbers referenced to 1987 = 1003
Employment 80 88 95 96 100
Import Penetration 114 113 108 108 100
Source:
1 Department of Employment.
2 Department of Trade and Industry.
3 No index numbers have been provided for the trade balance as it is not suitable for treatment in this way.

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the output of, employment in, balance of trade for, and extent of import penetration in, the machinery for food and chemical industry (SIC order 324)

Food and chemical industry
SIC Group 324
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Index of production 1985 = 1001 98 97 100 105 96 101
Employment '0002 41 41
Trade Balance £ million3 +155 +92 +162 +120 +102
Import Penetration per cent3 53 57 59 61 55
Series expressed as index numbers referenced to 1987 = 1005
Index of production6 102 101 104 109 100 105
Employment 100 100
Import Penetration 96 104 107 111 100
Source:
1 Central Statistical Office.
2 Department of Employment.
3 Department of Trade and Industry.
4 Provisional.
5 No index numbers have been provided for the trade balance as it is not suitable for treatment in this way.
6 Index of production re-referenced to 1987=100.

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the output of, employment in, balance of trade for, and extent of import penetration in, the metal working and machine tool industry (SIC order 322) for

Metal working machine tools etc industry
SIC Activity 322
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 41988
Index of production 1985=1001 79 89 100 92 92 102
Employment '000s2 77 76
Trade Balance £ million3 +43 +21 +16 +156 +24

an estimate for 1988; and if he will express the figures in each case as an index with the latest available year as the base.

Mr. Alan Clark

The information available is shown in the table:

for each year since 1983; if he will provide an estimate for 1988; and if he will express the figures in each case as an index with the latest available year as the base.

Mr. Alan Clark

The information available is shown in the table:

each year since 1983; if he will provide an estimate for 1988; and if he will express the figures in each case as an index with the latest available year as the base.

Mr. Alan Clark

The information is shown in the table:

1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 41988
Import Penetration per cent. 3 37 40 38 40 39
Series expressed as index numbers referenced to 1987= 1005
Index of production5 80 97 109 100 100 111
Employment 101 100
Import Penetration 95 103 97 103 100
Source:
1 Central Statistical Office.
2 Department of Employment.
3 Department of Trade and Industry.
4 Provisional
5 No index numbers have been provided for the trade balance as it is not suitable for treatment in this way.
6 Index of production re-referenced to 1987=100.

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the output of, employment in, balance of trade for, and extent of import penetration in, the boiler and process plant industry (SIC order 3205) for each year

Boilers and process plant fabrications SIC
Group 3205
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Employment '000s 1 27 26
Trade Balance £ million2 -59 +146 +121 +123 +122
Import Penetration per cent.2 19 7 9 9 11
Series expressed as index numbers referenced to 1987= 1003
Employment 104 100
Import Penetration 142 64 82 82 100
Source:
1 Department of Employment.
2 Department of Trade and Industry.
3 No index numbers have been provided for the trade balance as it is not suitable for treatment in this way.

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the output of, employment in, balance of trade for, and extent of import penetration in, the mechanical engineering industry (SIC order 32) for each

Mechanical engineering industry
SIC Class 32
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 41988
Index of production 1985 = 1001 94 96 100 98 98 105
Employment '000s 2 775 757 757 728 715
Trade Balance £ million3 +1,938 +1,951 +2,136 +1,792 +1,406
Import Penetration per cent.3 32 34 36 37 38
Series expressed as index numbers referenced to 1987= 1005
Index of production6 96 98 102 100 100 107
Employment 108 106 106 102 100
Import Penetration 84 89 95 97 100
Source:
1 Central Statistical Office
2 Department of Employment.
3 Department of Trade and Industry.
4 Provisional
5 No index numbers have been provided for the trade balance as it is not suitable for treatment in this way.
6 Index of production re-referenced to 1987=100

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the output of, employment in, balance of trade for, and extent of import penetration in, the soap and detergents industry (SIC order 2581) for each year

Soap and detergents industry
SIC Activity 2581
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 41988
Index of production 1985= 1001 92 96 100 106 108 111
Employment '000s 2 13 12 12 12 12
Trade Balance £ million3 + 71 + 80 + 83 + 83 + 60 + 42

since 1983; if he will provide an estimate for 1988; and if he will express the figures in each case as an index with the latest available year as the base.

Mr. Alan Clark

The information is shown in the table:

year since 1983; if he will provide an estimate for 1988; and if he will express the figures in each case as an index with the latest available year as the base.

Mr. Alan Clark

The information is shown in the table:

since 1983; if he will provide an estimate for 1988; and if he will express the figures in each case as an index with the latest available year as the base.

Mr. Alan Clark

The information is shown in the table:

1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 41988
Import Penetration per cent.3 7 8 8 9 11 12
Series expressed as index numbers referenced to 1987 = 1005
Index of production6 85 88 92 98 100 102
Employment 111 106 101 101 100
Import Penetration 64 73 73 82 100
Source:
1 Central Statistical Office.
2 Department of Employment.
3 Department of Trade and Industry.
4 Provisional
5 No index numbers have been provided for the trade balance as it is not suitable for treatment in this way.
6 Index of production re-referenced to 1987 =100.