HC Deb 18 April 1990 vol 170 c852W
109. Mr. Jacques Arnold

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of gross domestic product was accounted for by business investment in 1989.

115. Mr. Mans

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of gross domestic product was accounted for by business investment in 1989.

122. Mr. Arbuthnot

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of gross domestic product was accounted for by business investment in 1989.

Mr. Norman Lamont

Business investment accounted for 13 per cent. of gross domestic product at current market prices in 1989.

Mr. Sumberg

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the level of business investment during 1989 and 1988.

Mr. Norman Lamont

Business investment reached £56 billion in 1989, at constant 1985 prices, up from £51.5 billion in 1988. Between 1986 and 1989 business investment grew by over 40 per cent. in volume terms.