§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what measures he has taken to improve the reliability of Government statistics on the economy of Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. CopeThe Government recognise the need to ensure that economic indicators are as reliable as possible. To this end, a comprehensive review of Government economic statistics was carried out in 1989. Detailed consideration has been given to the recommendations of the review and an action plan aimed at improving the statistics is currently being drawn up.