§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish(a) the index number for non-North sea GDP, both annually and quarterly, back to 1970, and (b) an explanation of the methodology and component series which go to make up the series; and if he will ensure that the index on non-North sea, gross domestic product is included in the CSO database.
§ Mr. Maples[holding answer 5 November 1991]: The information requested is given in the table. The series is derived by removing from the output estimate of gross domestic product—GDP(O)—the appropriately weighted contribution from "Extraction of mineral oil and natural gas"—class 13 of the 1980 Standard Industrial Classification. The weights reflect the importance of class 13 activity during various periods for which data are assembled on a given price base. On the final part of the question, the CSO is arranging for the quarterly seasonally adjusted series of GDP(O) less extraction of mineral oil and natural gas to be included on their database.
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GDP(O) less oil and gas extraction1 Index 1985 = 100, seasonally adjusted Quarterly 1970 Q1 80.1 1970 Q2 80.8 1970 Q3 81.2 1970 Q4 81.3 1971 Q1 81.5 1971 Q2 82.2 1971 Q3 82.5 1971 Q4 83.3 1972 Q1 82.4 1972 Q2 85.4 1972 Q3 85.9 1972 Q4 87.7 1973 Q1 90.6 1973 Q2 90.4 1973 Q3 90.9 1973 Q4 90.8 1974 Q1 88.1 1974 Q2 90.8 1974 Q3 91.0 1974 Q4 89.6 1975 Q1 89.7 1975 Q2 88.8 1975 Q3 88.1 1975 Q4 87.7 1976 Q1 89.8 1976 Q2 89.6 1976 Q3 89.4 1976 Q4 91.3 1977 Q1 91.6 1977 Q2 91.0 1977 Q3 91.6 1977 Q4 92.1 1978 Q1 92.8 1978 Q2 94.4 1978 Q3 95.1
Quarterly 1978 Q4 94.9 1979 Q1 94.0 1979 Q2 97.4 1979 Q3 95.9 1979 Q4 96.7 1980 Ql 95.7 1980 Q2 94.0 1980 Q3 92.4 1980 Q4 90.4 1981 Q1 90.8 1981 Q2 90.6 1981 Q3 91.4 1981 Q4 91.3 1982 Q1 91.6 1982 Q2 91.7 1982 Q3 92.1 1982 Q4 92.3 1983 Q1 93.4 1983 Q2 93.7 1983 Q3 94.5 1983 Q4 95.6 1984 Q1 96.6 1984 Q2 96.2 1984 Q3 96.4 1984 Q4 97.2 1985 Q1 98.7 1985 Q2 100.3 1985 Q3 100.4 1985 Q4 100.6 1986 Q1 101.3 1986 Q2 102.9 1986 Q3 104.1 1986 Q4 105.5 1987 Q1 106.0 1987 Q2 107.9 1987 Q3 110.0 1987 Q4 110.9 1988 Q1 112.2 1988 Q2 113.2 1988 Q3 115.2 1988 Q4 116.3 1989 Q1 117.6 1989 Q2 118.0 1989 Q3 118.2 1989 Q4 118.6 1990 Q1 119.5 1990 Q2 120.0 1990 Q3 119.4 1990 Q4 117.9 1991 Q1 116.6 1991 Q2 116.2
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Annual 1970 80.9 1971 82.4 1972 85.4 1973 90.7 1974 89.9 1975 88.6 1976 90.0 1977 91.6 1978 94.3 1979 96.0 1980 93.1
Annual 1981 91.0 1982 91.9 1983 94.3 1984 96.6 1985 100.0 1986 103.5 1987 108.7 1988 114.2 1989 118.1 1990 119.2 1Class 13 of the 1980 SIC.