§ Mr. John Mooreasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish figures showing gross fixed investment in new plant and machinery per head of those 367W working in manufacturing industry, excluding nationalised industries, in the United Kingdom in (a) current and (b) 1976 prices for each year since 1960.
§ Mr. CryerInformation on gross fixed investment and employment for manufacturing industry excluding nationalised industries is not available for the whole of the period requested. In the table below, investment in plant and machinery per head of employment for manufacturing including nationalised industries is given at current and 1970 prices. Figures for investment at 1976 prices are not available.
GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION IN PLANT AND MACHINERY* PER HEAD OF EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT: ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY Current Prices £ per head 1970 Prices 1960 85 121 1961 104 142 1962 99 132 1963 92 120 1964 104 133 1965 119 145 1966 131 153 1967 136 159 1968 150 171 1969 161 176 1970 195 195 1971 208 189 1972 198 168 1973 218 170 1974 292 194 1975 346 179 1976 424 179 1977 512 188 * Acquisitions less disposals of new and second-hand plant and machinery. Source: Department of Employment.
Department of Industry.
NUMBER OF PAID APPOINTMENTS OR RE-APPOINTMENTS 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 British Steel Corporation 2 7 2 — Cable and Wireless — 3 1 2 English Industrial Estates Corporation 2 3 — 1 Furniture Development Council — — 1 — *Iron and Steel Employees Readaptation Benefits Scheme Advisory Committee. — 7 — — National Computing Centre 1 — — 1 *National Enterprise Board — 10 — 2 National Research Development Corporation 6 3 3 — Post Office 2 3 3 12 Iron and Steel Arbitration Tribunal — — — — Total 13 36 10 18 Gross cost to public funds of salaries/fees paid in respect of such appointments during the period in question £6,000 £6,900 £7,300 £7,500 Note: Bodies marked with an asterisk were set up during the period in question and thus 17 of the appointments represent the initial membership of new bodies. The other bodies have been in existence throughout the period in question and also existed under the previous Conservative Government who made appointments to all of them.