§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what were the total sales in 1992 prices of British machine tools for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe information is not available at 1992 prices. Sales at 1985 prices are shown in the table.
Sales at current prices1 £ million Producer Price Index (1985 = 100) Sales at 1985 prices1 £ million (1) (2) (1)/(2) 1979 664 63.0 1,054 1980 705 73.6 958 1981 565 77.3 731 1982 598 82.6 724 1983 562 87.1 645 1984 683 92.4 739 1985 822 100.0 822 1986 840 104.7 802 1987 877 108.1 811 1988 1,118 113.8 982 1989 1,162 120.3 966 1990 1,201 127.8 940 1991 2960 132.0 2727 Source: Business Monitor PQ3221. 1These figures represent the total sales of principal products of the machine tools industry and include parts and accessories. 2Provisional.