LONDON (AFP) -- British manufacturing output climbed by 0.4 percent in August compared with output the previous month, official data showed.

The Office for National Statistics revealed that manufacturing output, rose in August for the fourth month in a row.

The ONS added that manufacturing output, which accounts for 14.7 percent of overall economic activity, had in fact risen 0.1 percent in July, rather than by 0.2 percent as initially announced.

On a 12-month basis, output was 1.5 percent higher in August.

That was higher than the equivalent rate in July, which was revised down slightly to show a 0.9 percent increase instead of the initial 1.0 percent rise.

Meanwhile industrial production, which includes manufacturing output as well as mining, quarrying and utilities, rose by 0.1 percent in August from July.

The statistics office said that industrial output, accounting for 18.5 percent of British gross domestic product, rose by 0.7 percent on a year-on-year basis.

The data was made available to the Bank of England's rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee, which on Thursday held British interest rates at 4.75 percent.

Most economists believe that borrowing costs will be raised a quarter-point in November, given the renewed rise in house prices, improvements in manufacturing and above-trend inflation.