Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects manufacturing output to exceed the level of quarter one in 2008.
The Office for Budget Responsibility, which provides independent forecast for the Government, does not produce a forecast for manufacturing output.
Manufacturing has grown 4.1% from the start of 2010, following a 12.5% fall in the financial crisis. The headline manufacturing PMI accelerated to 55.5 in October, recording its fastest expansion rate in two and a half years.