Engineering Products

HC Deb 16 March 1994 vol 239 cc741-2W

Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the United Kingdom output of engineering products in the fourth quarter of each year since 1979.

Mr. Sainsbury

The information is provided in the following table:

United Kingdom output of Engineering Products1
Year	Index of production Base year: 1990 = 100 (seasonally adjusted)
1979–Q4	86.1
1980–Q4	74.8
1981–Q4	75.3
1982–Q4	73.5
1983–Q4	76.8
1984–Q4	78.9
1985–Q4	79.3
1986–Q4	85.2
1987–Q4	86.3
1988–Q4	95.7
1989–Q4	100.0
1990–Q4	98.5
1991–Q4	90.7
1992–Q4	91.5
1993–Q4	91.6

Source: Central Statistical Office

¹ Standard Industrial Classification (1992) Subsections DK, DL and DM