§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether output figures based on sales include products which are imported by producers from their overseas subsidiaries, associates and others.
§ Mr. Norman LamontI have been asked to reply.
187WThe concepts and methodology employed in the output measure of gross domestic product and its components, including the index of industrial production are fully described in chapter 5 of "United Kingdom National Accounts: Sources and Methods" (third edition: HMSO 1985), a copy of which is available in the House of Commons Library.