HC Deb 31 October 1989 vol 159 c152W
Mr. Oppenheim

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer by how much manufacturing output in the east midlands has changed since 1979.

Mr. Norman Lamont

[holding answer 26 October 1989]: Gross value added in manufacturing industry in the east midlands rose by 90 per cent. between 1979 and 1987, the latest year for which figures are available. The corresponding figure for the United Kingdom was 66 per cent.

These figures measure changes in the value of output; changes in volume would be smaller.

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