§ Mr. HammondTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the average rate of annual gross domestic product growth in each member of the G7 group of nations over(a) 1974 to 1979, (b) 1979 to 1996, (c) 1975 to 1981, (d) 1981 to 1992 and (e) 1992 to 1996. [10886]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 28 July 1997]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Philip Hammond, dated 30 July 1997:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question on average rates of annual growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in each member of the G7 group of nations.The Office for National Statistics only collects information on UK GDP.As regards each member of the G7 group of nations such information as is available is published in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development publication National Accounts, detailed tables, volume 1, 1997 edition, which is available in the House of Commons Library. Part five of this publication contains GDP volume growth tables, by country, for a run of years.