HC Deb 01 November 1989 vol 159 cc254-5W
32. Ms. Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry why he has ceased publication ofBritish Business.

43. Mr. Faulds

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry why he has ceased publication ofBritish Business.

56. Mr. Patchett

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry why he has ceased publication ofBritish Business.

Mr. Forth

Following the decision that responsibility for the statistical series with which DTI was previously concerned should transfer to the Central Statistical Office,British Business magazine lost much of its market and was no longer viable.

I understand that the CSO are about to launch a series of business bulletins containing most of the new data previously published in British Business.