§ Mr. W. Clarkasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the gross national product and total production for the last five years separately; and what information he has been given through the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development of similar figures for West Germany, Italy, France, Japan, Norway, Sweden and the United States of America.
§ Mr. du CannThe following table gives figures for the gross national product at factor cost for each year from 1957–61 inclusive. Figures for 1962 are not yet available. The figures for the United Kingdom differ slightly from those published in the National Income Blue Book, as they have been adjusted to the basis used by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in order to make them comparable with those for other countries.
of Foreign Trade Analytical Abstracts, Series B, published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and for Japan from the annual issues of Foreign Trade Analytical Abstracts, Series A, published by the same organisation. These publications are available in the House of Commons Library.