HC Deb 08 June 1967 vol 747 cc246-8W
Mr. Parker

asked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs if he will bring Table 2.2 of Command Paper No. 2764 up to date by showing for the period 1960–66 the annual percentage increase in output, employment, and output per head for each of the industries and sectors for which figures were given; and if he will show their average annual percentage increase in output, employment, and output per head for the period 1958–66.

Mr. Shore

The figures are shown in the table below. Those for agriculture and the service industries are based on pro-

Changes in Output, Employment and Output per head, 1958–1966 and 1960–1966
Average annual percentage changes
Changes between 1958 and 1966 Changes between 1960 and 1966
Output Employment Output per head Output Employment Output per head
Food, drink and tobacco 2.7 0.5 2.2 2.5 0.3 2.3
of which: Food processing 2.2 0.9 1.3 2.2 0.7 1.5
Chemicals and allied industries 6.4 0.5 5.9 5.1 0.0 5.0
of which: Mineral oil refining 8.0 -1.7 9.9 6.4 -3.0 9.6
Chemicals 6.6 0.8 5.7 5.2 0.4 4.8
Metal manufacture 2.9 0.8 2.1 0.6 0.0 0.6
of which: Iron and steel 2.8 0.6 2.2 0.6 -0.1 0.7
Non-ferrous metals 3.0 1.3 1.6 0.5 0.2 0.4
Mechanical and electrical engineering 5.4 2.4 2.9 5.0 2.1 2.8
of which: Mechanical engineering 4.9 1.9 3.0 4.6 1.7 2.8
Machine tools 3.0 2.4 0.6 3.0 3.4 -0.4
Telegraph, telephone, radio and other electronic apparatus 6.1 5.0 1.0 6.2 4.9 1.2
Other electrical engineering 5.6 1.7 3.8 4.6 0.9 3.8
Shipbuilding and marine engineering -3.7 -4.1 -2.3 -4.2
Vehicles 3.3 -0.3 3.5 1.6 -1.1 2.7
of which: Motor vehicles, cycles, etc. 6.5 3.0 3.4 3.1 1.4 1.7
Metal goods not elsewhere specified 1.7 2.0 -0.3 0.4 1.3 -0.9
Textiles 2.0 -1.5 3.6 1.0 -1.9 3.0
of which: Man-made fibres production 14.6 3.3 11.0 11.5 2.0 9.3
Spinning and weaving ofcotton, flax and man-made fibres and textile finishing -2.1 -4.2 2.3 -3.0 -4.2 1.3
Wool textiles -0.2 -1.5 1.4 -1.8 -2.4 0.6
Hosiery and knitwear 4.8 1.8 2.9 3.9 1.3 2.6
Leather goods and fur -0.1 -0.7 0.6 -0.3 -1.2 0.9
Clothing and footwear 3.1 -0.6 3.7 1.1 -1.2 2.3
of which: Clothing 3.3 -0.6 4.0 1.2 -1.3 2.4
Footwear 2.2 -0.7 3.0 0.4 -1.4 1.9
Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 5.3 1.0 4.3 4.2 0.5 3.6
of which: Bricks, cement, etc. 5.8 1.5 4.3 4.5 0.7 3.8
Timber, furniture, etc 2.5 0.7 1.7 1.0 0.1 1.0
Paper, printing and publishing 4.7 1.6 3.1 3.2 1.1 2.1
Other manufacturing industries 5.4 2.6 2.7 4.0 1.9 2.1
TOTAL MANUFACTURrNG 3.9 0.8 3.1 2.8 0.2 2.6
Mining and quarrying -1.8 -4.8 3.1 -1.3 -4.5 3.3
of which: Coal mining -3.0 -5.2 2.3 -2.4 -4.9 2.6
Construction 4.2 2.2 2.1 3.7 2.0 1.7
Gas, electricity and water 5.3 1.5 3.8 5.3 2.1 3.2
of which: Electricity 8.0 2.7 5.2 7.4 3.2 4.1
ALL INDUSTRY 3.6 0.6 3.0 2.8 0.3 2.5
Agriculture, forestry and fishing 3.3 -2.6 6.0 2.6 -3.0 5.7
Transport and communications 3.4 -0.6 4.0 2.9 -0.6 3.5
of which: Inland transport 2.1 -1.7 3.8 1.4 -1.7 3.1
Postal and telecommunications services 5.0 2.1 2.9 4.9 2.5 2.3
Distributive trades 2.9 1.3 1.6 2.2 0.9 1.3
Insurance, banking and finance 4.6 3.0 3.5 2.7
Professional and scientific services including health and education 3.2 3.8 3.3 4.0
Miscellaneous services 2.9 1.6 2.5 1.8
Public administration and defence 0.3 -0.2 1.0 0.5
TOTAL ECONOMY* 3.4 0.8 2.6 2.9 0.7 2.2
* Gross domestic product—average of three methods of estimation.
*Gross domestic product-average of three methods of estimation.

visional output estimates for 1966. The table should be read in conjunction with the introductory notes to Table 2.2 on page 26 of the National Plan (Cmnd. 2764).