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Written question asked by Teddy Taylor (Conservative) on Monday, 28 February 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 3 March 2005. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Thursday, 3 March 2005 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.


Dept of Trade and Industry

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of actual output related to manufacturing (a) at the latest date for which figures are available, (b) five years ago and (c) 10 years ago. - Inc figures.
Answer

Sir Teddy Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what percentage of actual output related to manufacturing (a) at the latest date for which figures are available, (b) five years ago and (c) 10 years ago. [219477] Jacqui Smith: The percentage of UK GDP accounted for by manufacturing in (a) 2003 was 15.7 per cent. The corresponding figure for (b) was 20.2 per cent. and for (c) 1993 was 21.0 per cent.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
431 c1305W;431 c1299W; 219477
Session
2004-05
Subjects
National income Manufacturing industries
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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