To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing for each year since 1974 (a) the level of manufacturing investment in cash amounts, (b) the level of manufacturing investment at 1985 prices, (c) the percentage share of manufacturing investment in gross domestic product, (d) the percentage share of manufacturing investment in gross national product and (e) the annual growth rate of manufacturing investment.

Estimates of manufacturing investment, gross domestic product and gross national product may be obtained from the CSO database accessible through the House of Commons Library.Data for 1989 were released by press notice on 16 March, copies of which have been placed in the Library of the House.