§ Mr. Speedasked the Secretary of State for Economic Affairs if he will give the latest comparable and fully revised figures for the index of manufacturing 63W production and output per operative hour in manufacturing industry, based on the averages of 1955=100, seasonally adjusted, from the first quarter of 1955 to the latest available quarter.
§ Mr. Frederick LeeThe figures required are shown below.
INDEX OF PRODUCTION AND OUTPUT PER OPERATIVE HOUR MANUFACTURING SEASONALLY ADJUSTED 1955=100 Index of production Manufacturing Output per operative hour in Manufacturing 1955–1st Quarter … 97.8 98.1 2nd Quarter … 99.3 99.6 3rd Quarter … 100.6 100.6 4th Quarter … 102.2 101.7 1956–1st Quarter … 99.9 99.8 2nd Quarter … 99.6 100.4 3rd Quarter … 99.2 100.8 4th Quarter … 99.3 100.8 1957–1st Quarter … 100.7 102.3 2nd Quarter … 101.7 103.0 3rd Quarter … 103.2 104.5 4th Quarter … 101.1 103.4 1958–1st Quarter … 101.8 105.1 2nd Quarter … 99.7 104.9 3rd Quarter … 99.7 106.4 4th Quarter … 100.5 108.1 1959–1st Quarter … 101.5 108.8 2nd Quarter … 105.1 111.0 3rd Quarter … 107.1 111.7 4th Quarter … 112.1 115.7 1960–1st Quarter … 114.5 116.8 2nd Quarter … 114.8 117.7 3rd Quarter … 115.3 117.7 4th Quarter … 115.7 118.5 1961–1st Quarter … 115.7 119.0 2nd Quarter … 116.0 119.0 3rd Quarter … 115.6 119.1 4th Quarter … 114.1 119.1 1962–1st Quarter … 114.3 119.9 2nd Quarter … 116.2 122.4 3rd Quarter … 117.2 124.0 4th Quarter … 115.4 124.0 1963–1st Quarter … 114.9 125.0 2nd Quarter … 118.7 128.2 3rd Quarter … 122.8 131.6 4th Quarter … 125.3 133.5 1964–1st Quarter … 127.8 135.7 2nd Quarter … 129.6 136.9 3rd Quarter … 130.7 137.7 4th Quarter … 132.2 139.1 1965–1st Quarter … 134.2 141.8 2nd Quarter … 133.6 141.1 3rd Quarter … 134.0 142.6 4th Quarter … 135.9 145.0 1966–1st Quarter … 138.0 148.4 2nd Quarter … 136.4 147.2 3rd Quarter … 137.0 148.8 4th Quarter … 133.3 148.6 1967–1st Quarter … 134.5 152.4 2nd Quarter … 134.0 153.6 3rd Quarter … 134.0 154.3 4th Quarter … 136.4 157.4