§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans the Office for National Statistics has to provide monthly GDP statistics for Wales; and if he will make a statement. [144055]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Pullinger to Mr. Elfyn Llwyd, dated 17 January 2001:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question on monthly GDP statistics for Wales (144055). I am replying in his absence.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) does not publish monthly GDP statistics for Wales ONS is currently discussing with the National Assembly for Wales (NAW) ways of improving the statistics for Wales over a range of different areas. It is also producing a report on the provision of economic statistics by the ONS for the NAW, which will be made publicly available on the NAW website as soon as possible, hopefully by the end of January.