Written question asked by Jim Cunningham (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 April 1996. It was answered by Phillip Oppenheim (Conservative) on Thursday, 18 April 1996 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: What was the manufacturing output in (a) the West Midlands and (b) the United Kingdom for each year since 1979 in real terms; and what was the percentage change in each year against the previous year. - Table given for UK. (Holding answer 16 April 1996).

Answer: Mr. Cunningham: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the manufacturing United Kingdom for each year since 1979 in real terms; and what was the percentage year.[24782] Mr. Oppenheim: [holding answer 16 April 1996]: Figures for manufacturing output in the west midlands are not available in real the table. ________________________________________________________________________________________ 1990 =100 Growth from the previous year (per cent.) 1979 90.6 1980 82.8 1981 77.7 1982 77.6 1983 79.2 1984 82.2 1985 84.5 1986 85.6 1987 89.6 1988 95.9 1989 100.2 1990 100 1991 94.6 1992 94.0 1993 95.1 1994 99.2 1995 101.1 ________________________________________________________________________________________ output in (a) the west midlands and (b) the change in each year against the previous terms. Figures for the Untied Kingdom are shown in _________. -0.2 -8.6 -6.2 -0.1 2.1 3.8 2.8 1.3 4.7 7.0 4.5 -0.2 -5.4 -0.6 1.2 4.3 1.9 _________.

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