§ Mr. TredinnickTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the timetable for the publication of the Office for National Statistics 1998 figures for manufacturers' sales of hosiery and other knitted goods to the public. [106914]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonDetailed product data from the 1998 quarterly Products of the European Community (PRODCOM) survey of manufacturers' sales of knitted and crocheted articles were published on 28 September 1999.
Provisional results of the 1998 Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) will be published on 11 February 2000. This News Release will contain values for turnover, purchases and gross value added for the textile and textile products industry. More detailed industry results, including those for the manufacture of knitted and crocheted articles, will be published around August 2000.