§ Mr. Meacherasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what have been the annual percentage increases in productivity in British industry for each year since 1960, and what have been the comparable annual percentage increases in productivity over this period in the United States, Japan and EEC countries.
§ Mr. NottThe following table shows percentage increases in United Kingdom output at constant prices per person employed in all industries covered by the index of industrial production, together with the available comparable increases for the United States, Japan and the other countries of the European Economic Community.
The United Kingdom measure of output is the index of industrial production. Persons employed include employees, employers and self-employed persons; full-time and part-time workers are counted as full units. Indices of output per person employed for other countries arc taken from the 1972 and earlier editions of the "Yearbook of Labour Statistics" published by the International Labour Office.
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OUTPUT PER PERSON EMPLOYED IN ALL PRODUCTION INDUSTRIES Percentage increase on previous year United Kingdom Belgium France* German Federal Republic† Ireland† Italy Netherlands United States‡ Japan 1961 … … -0.1 5 5 3 4 7 2 2 11 1962 … … 1.2 7 6 3 2 8 3 7 3 1963 … … 4.0 5 6 4 3 5 5 4 10 1964 … … 6.9 7 5 8 6 2 9 5 12 1965 … … 1.8 3 7 4 4 8 5 6 4 1966 … … 1.9 7 7 2 3 10 6 1 13 1967 … … 4.0 5 6 4 7 7 8 -1 16 1968 … … 7.6 7 11 12 7 8 14 5 15 1969 … … 2.7 8 5 8 2 5 11 2 15 1970 … … 1.6 3 6 2 6 5 10 0 14 1971 … … 3.8 — 6 3 6 -1 8 3 — 1972 … … 4.3 — — — — — — — — * Output per man-hour. † Excludes gas, electricity and water industries. ‡ Manufacturing industry only.