HC Deb 19 November 2002 vol 394 c70W
Mr. Howard

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the level of growth of(a) GDP, (b) household consumption,(c)Government consumption,(d) investment, (e) exports and (f) imports was in the last two quarters. [80417]

Ruth Kelly

The Information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from Colin Mowl to Michael Howard on 19 November 2002 The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question concerning what the level of growth of (a) GDP, household consumption, (c) Government consumption,(d) investment, (e) exports and (f) imports in the last two quarters was. I am replying in his absence. (90417) The following table shows percentage growth rates over the previous quarter for the main expenditure components of GDP in the latest two available quarters

2002 Q1 2002 Q2 2002 Q3
(a) GDP 0.1 0.6 10.7
(b) Household Expenditure 0.5 1.4 n/a
(c) Government Consumption 2.9 -2.7 n/a
(d) Gross Fixed Capital Formation (Investment) -1.6 -0.1 n/a
(e) Exports -0.1 3.5 n/a
(f) Imports 1.4 0.6 n/a
1 Only total GDP has been published so far for 2001Q3.

Source:

Quarterly National Accounts National Statistics first release.

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