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Mr. Kenneth Clarke
asked the Secretary of State for Industry whether he will publish figures showing the year-by-year change in capital expenditure by manufacturing industry in real terms in the years 1969 to 1976.
Mr. Les Huckfield
The year-by-year changes in capital expenditure, expressed in real terms—1970 prices—in manufacturing industry, are estimated to have been as follows:
| percentage change on previous year | |||
| 1969 | … | … | +6·8 |
| 1970 | … | … | +7·7 |
| 1971 | … | … | -6·5 |
| 1972 | … | … | -12·6 |
| 1973 | … | … | +7·6 |
| 1974 | … | … | +8·1 |
| 1975 | … | … | -14·2 |
| 1976 | … | … | -5·0 |