§ Lord Bensonasked Her Majesty's Government:
In the years 1950, 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985 and 1990, what was: (a) the value of manufactured goods produced in the United
Manufactured Goods Produced in UK' Exported from UK2 Imported to UK2 World Trade2 Employmenent3 in manufacturing industry 1950 46.5 n/a n/a n/a 8,520 1955 54.6 n/a n/a n/a 9,222 1960 63.1 n/a n/a n/a 8,418 1965 73.7 n/a n/a n/a 8,561 1970 84.5 37.1 19.9 395 8,339 1975 85.8 45.3 30.5 557 7,510 1980 81.8 53.6 44.8 774 6,937 1985 84.5 58.9 62.3 960 5,362 1990 100.0 82.4 94.1 1,331 5,138 1 The index of manufacturing,1990= 100. Value data is not available. 2 £ billion in constant 1990 prices. 3 June each year ('000s). The figures for exports and imports have been derived from data on current prices and their corresponding volume indices. These are available on the Central Statistical Office database, which can be accessed by the House of Lords Library. The figures for world trade are based on similar data extracted from the United Nations Monthly Bulletin of Statistics.