What the percentage output from the manufacturing sector was in (a) Scotland and (b) the United Kingdom in (i) each of the last four quarte…

Answered Asked by Murdo Fraser Con Lodged 5 Oct 2005

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage output from the manufacturing sector was in (a) Scotland and (b) the United Kingdom in (i) each of the last four quarters to 2005 Q2 and (ii) the year to each of the last four quarters to 2005 Q2.

The answer

Answered by Nicol Stephen on 19 Jan 2006 · 106 days after it was lodged, 78 days after it was due

The quarterly and annualgrowth rates for the Scottish and UK manufacturing sectors for the four quarters leadingup to quarter 2, 2005 are as follows.
Table 1: Constant PriceGross Value Added for Manufacturing Sector: Quarterly Growth Rates, 2004 Q3 to2005 Q2
Quarter
| Scotland
| United Kingdom

2004 Q3
| -1.2%
| -0.7%

2004 Q4
| +0.6%
| +0.6%

2005 Q1
| -0.4%
| -0.9%

2005 Q2
| -0.1%
| -0.2%

Table 2: Constant PriceGross Value Added for Manufacturing Sector: Four Quarter on Four Quarter GrowthRates, 2004 Q3 to 2005 Q2
Quarter
| Scotland
| United Kingdom

2004 Q3
| -0.3%
| +2.1%

2004 Q4
| +0.2%
| +1.9%

2005 Q1
| -0.1%
| +1.4%

2005 Q2
| -0.5%
| +0.4%

Sources:
Scotland Data: Scottish Executive: Quarterly GDP Index.
United Kingdom Data: Office of National Statistics.

In the Official Report

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