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Economic Growth

Volume 472: debated on Wednesday 5 March 2008

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the rate of (a) economic growth and (b) inward investment was in each of the English regions in each year for which figures are available. (191355)

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 5 March 2008:

As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question about the rate of economic growth and inward investment for each of the English regions in each year for which figures are available. (191355)

ONS currently publish regional Gross Value Added (GVA). These data are published in Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics (NUTS) regions and data for the Government Office regions of England (NUTS1 data) run from 1989 to 2006 on a consistent basis. These data are at current prices, therefore the effects of inflation are not taken into account.

ONS do not publish regional inward investment data.

The year on year percentage growth rate of the level of GVA for the time period 1990-2006 are presented in tables A and B.

Table A: Gross value added annual percentage growth rate, 1990 to 1998

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

United Kingdom

8.7

4.4

4.3

5.1

5.7

5.3

6.5

5.8

6.0

North East

8.1

5.2

4.8

4.1

4.6

4.2

4.0

4.1

4.3

North West

8.2

4.0

4.2

4.6

5.2

4.5

4.7

5.0

5.4

Yorkshire and Humber

8.2

4.5

3.9

4.1

5.1

5.7

6.0

5.6

5.2

East Midlands

8.3

4.2

4.3

4.6

5.9

5.8

6.2

5.9

5.1

West Midlands

8.5

3.7

4.3

5.1

6.3

5.5

5.5

6.0

5.6

East of England

9.4

3.8

4.2

4.7

5.5

5.3

6.0

6.2

7.0

London

8.5

5.5

4.8

6.1

5.0

3.7

7.2

7.7

8.8

South East

9.1

4.8

4.6

5.4

6.2

6.3

7.4

7.8

8.2

South West

9.4

4.1

4.2

5.3

5.6

5.7

7.3

6.6

6.3

England

8.7

4.5

4.4

5.1

5.5

5.2

6.3

6.4

6.7

Table B: Gross value added annual percentage growth rate, 1999 to 2006

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

United Kingdom

4.9

5.0

5.0

5.4

6.0

5.9

4.2

5.3

North East

2.9

3.3

4.8

4.9

6.1

6.4

4.9

5.5

North West

4.1

3.6

4.9

4.8

5.5

5.5

3.4

4.5

Yorkshire and Humber

3.3

3.6

5.2

5.6

5.9

5.6

3.5

4.6

East Midlands

3.5

3.6

5.8

5.8

6.7

6.3

4.2

5.0

West Midlands

3.7

3.6

4.7

4.4

5.0

5.1

3.6

5.0

East of England

5.4

5.3

5.9

5.0

5.7

5.3

3.5

4.7

London

6.6

4.4

5.2

8.2

7.5

7.2

5.4

5.7

South East

6.0

4.9

5.8

4.9

5.7

5.5

3.9

5.1

South West

5.1

4.5

6.0

6.0

6.7

6.5

4.1

5.4

England

5.0

4.3

5.4

5.7

6.2

6.0

4.1

5.1