§ Mr. HowardTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the Treasury's quarterly estimates of the output gap since 1990; and whether the estimates have been revised since publication of the 2003 Budget Red Book. [135779]
§ Mr. BoatengTreasury estimates of the output gap were published in Chart B4 on page 226 of the 2003 Financial Statement and Budget Report (HC 500). These estimates will be updated in the light of latest GDP data in the forthcoming Pre-Budget Report.