§ Mr. Martyn JonesTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish figures showing, for each region, total investment by companies in plant and machinery.
§ Mr. Norman Lamont[holding answer 7 March 1990]: The available data relate to capital expenditure in manufacturing industry. Figures for 1987, the latest available year, are given in the table:
Net capital expenditure in manufacturing industry1 on plant and machinery in 1987 by standard region of the United Kingdom Region £ million North 491 Yorkshire and Humberside 882 East Midlands 610 East Anglia 258 South East 1,964 South West 509 West Midlands 878 North West 956 Wales 523 Scotland 566 Northern Ireland 171 1 Divisions 2 to 4, Standard Industrial Classification, revised 1980. Source: Annual Census of Production.