To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the gross domestic products of the United Kingdom, France and the Federal Republic of Germany was attributable to manufacturing industry in (a) 1979 and (b) 1989.

[holding answer 21 January 1991]: Figures of gross domestic product analysed by industry, including manufacturing industry, are shown in the annual OECD publication on national accounts. The most recent edition, entitled "National Accounts, Detailed Tables, Volume II (1976–1988)", gives these figures in table 12 for each country.