HC Deb 19 October 1989 vol 158 c199W
53. Sir David Price

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the average annual rate of real economic growth in the United Kingdom through the 1980's.

69. Mr. David Martin

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the average annual rate of economic growth in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.

Mr. Norman Lamont

Gross domestic product is estimated to have grown on average by 2¾ per cent. per annum since 1980. The seven years to 1988 have seen a combination of strong and steady growth not matched since the war.