Economic growth in Britain in the second quarter of this year was not as strong as was originally thought, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed.
ONS said GDP rose by only 0.6% compared with the previous quarter, a sharp downward revision from the previous 0.9% estimate.
This was caused by an unexpectedly steep fall in manufacturing output, particularly during the time of Queen Elizabeth's jubilee celebrations and the World Cup in June.
The annual growth rate for Q2 was 1.2%. The economy had barely grown at all in the final quarter of 2001 and the first quarter of this year.
