§ Mr. Denzil DaviesTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate for the latest available year 111W of the external sales ratio to GDP and the export ratio to GDP of (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland. [45370]
§ Mrs. LiddellThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Kidgell to Mr. Denzil Davies, dated 15 June 1998:
In the absence of the Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your parliamentary question on external sales and export ratios for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.No figures are available on the contributions to their respective GDPs of sales either between the countries of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland; or from these individual countries to the rest of the world.