§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total level of fixed investment was in each of the last five years by industrial and commercial companies in plant and machinery, dwellings, company cars, other vehicles, other new buildings and works purchase less sales of land and existing buildings and all fixed assets. [26261]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Kidgell to Mr. John Bercow, dated 15 January 2002:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary question about the total level of fixed investment in each of the last five years. I am replying in his absence. (26261)Fixed capital formation for the private sector, public non-financial corporations and general government can be found in the "United Kingdom National Accounts: Blue Book", which was last published by ONS in 2001 [ISSN 0267–8691], under tables 9.2 and 9.4 (pages 261 and 262). These tables contain most of the asset information as requested in the question. Separate estimates for company cars are not available. These are included in the transport equipment figures.Further fixed capital formation data can be found in our business investment quarterly first release at the following website address:http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/binv1201.pdfCopies of the United Kingdom National Accounts: Blue Book is available in the House of Commons Library.