§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the fastest annual average United Kingdom GDP growth rate in any consecutive period of nine years since 1966. [802]
§ Mrs. Angela Knight[holding answer 31 October 1996]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from John Kidgell to Mr. Malcolm Bruce, dated 4 November 1996:
360WThe Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked the Director of the Office for National Statistics to reply to your recent question asking what has been the fastest annual average United Kingdom GDP growth rate in any consecutive nine year period since 1966. The director has asked me to respond in his absence.The highest United Kingdom growth rate, for any nine year period since 1966, was 3.1 per cent. in the period up to and including 1990. United Kingdom GDP growth rates, for any nine year period since 1966, can be found in table 16.10 of the 1996 edition of United Kingdom National Accounts, a copy of which is available in the House of Commons Library. I attach a photocopy of the table.