Manufacturing Production

Mr. Michael Brown
asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish figures to show the extent to  which manufacturing production in Northern Ireland has declined since 1973.

Mr. Giles Shaw
Since 1973, the yearly average of the monthly index of manufacturing production for Northern Ireland has been as follows: --
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Expressed in percentage terms, the level of manufacturing output fell by 9 per cent. during the period 1973–1979. Over the same period, the number of employees in manufacturing employment is estimated to have fallen by 15·5 per cent.