HC Deb 23 November 1994 vol 250 cc203-4W
1993. Mrs. Anne Campbell

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what percentage of output was accounted for by manufacturing in(a) 1979 and (b)

Mr. Eggar

The share of manufacturing in GDP was 28.5 per cent. in 1979 and 21.7 per cent. in 1993. Other main industrialised countries have also seen a decline in the share of GDP accounted for by manufacturing.

Mr. Rooker

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish a table of the size of the United Kingdom's non-oil manufacturing base for each year since 1979 assuming an index of 100 in 1979.

Mr. Charles Wardle

Index of Production for manufacturing industries, expressed in terms of 1979=100 is given in the table.

Manufacturing Output (1979=100 in 1990 prices)
Year
1979 100.0
1980 91–4
1981 85–8
1982 85–7
1983 87–4
1984 90–7
1985 93–3
1986 94–5
1987 98–9
1988 105–9
1989 110–6
1990 110–4
1991 104–4
1992 103–8
1993 105–1

Source:

Central Statistical Office.

Note:

Index includes mineral oil refining which accounted for 2 per cent. of production in 1990.

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