§ Dr. StrangTo ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) what was the contribution of food and drink wholesale and retail distribution to the gross domestic product of the United Kingdom in 1995(a) in cash and (b) as a percentage of gross domestic product; [15327]
(2) what was the contribution of the food and drink industry in total to the gross domestic product of the United Kingdom in 1995 (a) in cash and (b) as a percentage of gross domestic product; [15325]
74WCyprus and (e) Singapore in the same form as that given in his answer of 14 June 1994, Official Report, column 419. [15178]
§ Mr. OppenheimThe information is provided in the table.
(3) what was the contribution of catering to the gross domestic product of the United Kingdom in 1995 (a) in cash and (b) as a percentage of gross domestic product. [15328]
§ Mr. OppenheimThe detailed information required to answer these questions is compiled only every five years. Latest available information is for 1990 and is published in the United Kingdom national accounts Central Statistical Office methodological paper No.1 75W "The measurement of output in the estimation of GDP", which is available in the Library of the House. Data for 1995 are not expected to be available before 1998.
§ Dr. StrangTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the contribution of food and drink manufacturing to the gross domestic product of the United kingdom in 1995(a) in cash and (b) as a percentage of gross domestic product. [15326]
§ Mr. OppenheimThe latest available information is for 1994 and shows the contribution to GDP by food and drink manufacturing to be £16,749 million, 2.9 per cent. of total GDP. Information for 1995 will not be available until August 1996. It will be published in table 2.3 of the United Kingdom national accounts "The Blue Book", which is available in the Library of the House.