§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will show, for each year since 1970, the net average capital employed in manufacturing in terms of 1993 prices, together with a breakdown showing the corresponding figures for textiles, basic metals and metal products, machinery and equipment, and road motor vehicles.
§ Mr. Charles WardleFigures on net average capital employed in manufacturing are not available in 1993 prices and a breakdown of the manufacturing sector is also not available.
§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what assessment he has made of the information in the Central Statistical Office "First Release" (94)205 on the profitability of United Kingdom manufacturing companies, in 1993 and between 1988 and 1990; and to what extent the change was accounted for by a change in profitability of the principal import-competing and export industries.
§ Mr. Charles WardleProfitability is now rising again, having fallen during the recession from the peak levels of the late 1980s. Estimates of profitability contained in the Central Statistical Office "First Release" (94)205 are not available for principal import-competing and export industries.