HC Deb 24 April 1991 vol 189 cc469-70W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish a table showing consumption of consumer goods other than food and fuel as a percentage of gross domestic product in each year since 1961 together with his estimate of the proportion supplied by imports.

Mr. Mellor

Information requested for the first part of the question can be derived from data on the CSO's database, which may be accessed through the Library. The database identifiers are:

GDP at market prices (CAOB)

Consumers' expenditure on goods other than food and energy products

Sum of:

  • Durable goods (AIIL)
  • Alcohol and tobacco (CDFH)
  • Clothing and footwear (CDDE)
  • Other goods (CCED)

In respect of the final part of the question, information on the proportion supplied by imports is not available. Such information as is available on the import content of demand is given in CSO's periodic input-output tables, for example, tables 2 and 3 of the 1984 tables. Information on import penetration has also been provided in "Business Monitor" MQ12.

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