§ Mr. Anthony Grantasked the Secretary of State for Industry what is his estimate of those manufacturing industries which have an excess of capacity and the percentage contribution they made towards export earnings in 1975.
§ Mr. Les HuckfieldThe indications are that at order level of the Standard Industrial Classification all sectors of manufacturing industry are at present working below capacity.
Direct exports of each sector so defined expressed as a percentage of total exports of goods and services in 1975 were as follows:
SIC Order III … Food, drink and tobacco 4.8 IV … Coal and petroleum products 2.8 V … Chemicals and allied products 8.5 VI … Metal manufacture 4.2 VII … Mechanical engineering 12.2 VIII … Instrument engineering 2.1 IX … Electrical engineering 7.0 X … Shipbuilding 0.9 XI … Vehicles 11.6 XII … Metal goods not elsewhere specified 6.3 XIII … Textiles 3.5 XIV … Leather, leather goods and fur 0.4 XV … Clothing and footwear 0.9 XVI … Building materials 1.3 XVII … Timber, furniture etc. 0.4 XVIII … Paper, printing and publishing 1.5 XIX … Other manufacturing industries 2.1 Source:
National Income and Expenditure, 1965–1975 Business Monitor M10.
§ Mr. Hordernasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish a table, from international sources available to him, of gross fixed investment in new plant and machinery per head of those working in manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom, France, West Germany and the United States of America for each year since 1965.
§ Mr. Les HuckfieldI regret that this information is not available.
§ Mr. Hordernasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish figures showing gross fixed investment in new plant and machinery per head of those working in manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom, excluding nationalised industries, for each year since 1965.
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§ Mr. Les HuckfieldThe figures below relate to manufacturing industry excluding iron and steel, and should give a reasonable indication of movements in private sector manufacturing. They are given at 1970 prices; the corresponding figure for 1975 at 1975 prices is £303/head.
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE ON PLANT AND MACHINERY* AT 1970 PRICES £ per employee 1965 … … … 142 1966 … … … 152 1967 … … … 155 1968 … … … 168 (162)† 1969 … … … 174 (181)† 1970 … … … 191 1971 … … … 176 1972 … … … 154 1973 … … … 169 1974 … … … 179 1975 … … … 158 * Acquisitions, less disposals, of new and secondhand plant and machinery. Figures for new machinery are not collected separately. † Figures in brackets are after adjustment for the distortion caused by the ending of the higher rate of investment grants on 31st December 1968.
§ Mr. Hordernasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish a table, from international sources available to him, of output per person employed in manufacturing industries in the United Kingdom, France, West Germany, and the United States of America, for each year since 1965.
§ Mr. Les HuckfieldFollowing is the available information:
INDEX NUMBERS OF OUTPUT PER PERSON EMPLOYED IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES (1970=100) United Kingdom France German Federal Republic United States 1965 … 85 74 80 91 1966 … 87 79 81 94 1967 … 90 82 84 95 1968 … 97 87 91 98 1969 … 99 96 99 101 1970 … 100 100 100 100 1971 … 103 104 102 104 1972 … 109 112 108 109 1973 … 118 119 116 115 1974 … 115 121 117 114 1975 … 112 112 116 113 Source:
Based on statistics of manufacturing production and employment in the manufacturing industries published in the OECD Main Economic Indicators. Manufacturing production for France excludes food, beverages, clothing and wood products and furniture.
United Kingdom—Economic Trends (Table 34).