HC Deb 02 August 1978 vol 955 cc413-5W
Mr. Grylls

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out in tabular form the increase in British industrial

TABLE A
OUT PER PERSON EMPLOYED IN PRODUCTION INDUSTRIES (EXCLUDING CONSTRUCTION)
Percentage change over previous year
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Canada (1) +4.8 +4.1 +2.9 -1.6 -2.4 ֵ ֵ
U.S.A. (2) +6-0 +5.8 +3.0 -0.2 -1.5 ֵ ֵ
Japan +2.6 +7.0 +10.6 -1.2 -6.2 ֵ ֵ
Australia (3) +2.1 ֵ ֵ +2.1 -1.6 ֵ ֵ
Austria (4) +6.9 +6.6 ֵ ֵ -4.2 ֵ ֵ
Belgium (5) +3.2 +7.5 +6.0 +3.1 -4.5 ֵ ֵ
Luxembourg (1) -5.8 +0.6 +11.1 -1.1 -20.4 ֵ ֵ
Finland +3.9 +9.7 +4.4 +0.1 -3.3 ֵ ֵ
France (6) +5.2 +4.8 +5.4 +1.8 -5.0 ֵ ֵ
West Germany +1.8 +10.5 +6.8 -0.2 -0.1 ֵ ֵ
Ireland (7) +3.6 +5.6 +6.9 +1.2 -1.5 ֵ ֵ
Italy -0.6 +4.9 +8.3 +1.1 -9.1 ֵ ֵ
Netherlands +7.6 +8.4 +8.1 +3.3 -1.8 ֵ ֵ
Norway ֵ ֵ +5.8 +3.8 +1.9 ֵ ֵ
Portugal +2.9 +ii.3 +12.9 +6.4 -2.2 ֵ ֵ
Spain (8) +1.4 +25.7 +11.0 +8.1 -8.4 ֵ ֵ
Sweden (7) +2.2 +3.6 +4.9 +0.2 -4.1 ֵ ֵ
Switzerland (9) +2.2 +3.4 +6.7 +1.6 -5.7 ֵ ֵ
United Kingdom (10) +3.3 +4.5 +6.3 -3.0 -1.3 +3.2* +1.0*
ֵ Not available.
* Provisional.
Sources:
OECD Industrial Production Historical Statistics 1960–75, and Supplement No. 1, January 1978.
OECD Labour Force Statistics 1965–76.
United Kingdom: latest published estimates in Department of Employment Gazette, July 1978
Notes:
(1) The definition of employment includes construction and is therefore not consistent with the output definition.
(2) The definition of employment covers only wage earners and salaried employees.
(3) Excluding mining.
(4) The definition of industrial output excludes the sawmill and film industries and is therefore not consistent with the employment definition.
(5) The definition of industrial output excludes ore mining and is therefore not consistent with the employment definitions.
(6) The definition of industrial output represents only 78 per cent. of total industry and is therefore not consistent with the employment definition.
(7) Mining and manufacturing only.
(8) The definition of industrial output excludes shipbuilding and is therefore not consistent with the employment definition.
(9) The definition of industrial output covers only manufacturing and electricity and gas and is therefore not consistent with the employment definition.
(10) Including construction.

productivity for each year since 1970, as compared with each of Great Britain's Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development partners on the same basis over the same period.

Mr. Denzil Davies,

pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 1st August 1978] gave the following answer:

Such information about output per person employed as is readily available for all production industries, excluding construction, for the United Kingdom and her OECD partners is given in Table A below. Comparable information for manufacturing industries is given in Table B.

TABLE B
OUTPUT PER PERSON EMPLOYED IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
Percentage change over previous year
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Canada (1) +6.7 +5.1 +3.7 +0.2 +1.0 ֵ ֵ
U.S.A. (1) +6.3 +6.8 +3.6 +0.2 -2.4 ֵ ֵ
Japan +2.6 +6.8 +11.4 -2.0 -5.9 ֵ ֵ
Australia (1)(2) +2.0 +2.4 +16.7 +1.2 -1.1 ֵ ֵ
Austria (3) +7.8 +8.7 ֵ ֵ -5.4 ֵ ֵ
Belgium +2.2 +8.4 +6.4 +3.5 -5.1 ֵ ֵ
Finland (1) -0.8 +8.9 +1.9 +2.4 -3.5 ֵ ֵ
France (4) +5.8 +4.7 +5.1 +1.6 -5.6 ֵ ֵ
West Germany +1.9 +11.3 +6.7 -0.4 -0.8 ֵ ֵ
Greece (1)(5) +3.2 +9.6 +7.2 -11.3 ֵ ֵ ֵ
Ireland +3.5 +5.8 +7.6 +0.2 -0.3 ֵ ֵ
Italy -0.8 +5.4 +8.4 +0.9 -9.7 ֵ ֵ
Netherlands +5.5 +6.4 +7.3 +2.3 -3.9 ֵ ֵ
Norway ֵ ֵ +6.3 +2.8 -7.1 ֵ ֵ
Portugal +2.9 +1.4 +13.5 +6.5 -3.2 ֵ ֵ
Spain (6) +1.3 +27.1 +10.8 +7.8 -8.8 ֵ ֵ
Sweden +1.9 +2.8 +4.8 +0.4 -4.2 ֵ ֵ
Switzerland (1) +3.8 +4.9 +9.2 +2.9 -4.5 ֵ ֵ
United Kingdom +2.8 +6.0 +7.7 -1.6 -1.8 +4.2* -6.3*
ֵ Not available.
* Provisional.
Sources:
OECD Industrial Production Historical Statistics 1960–75, and Supplement No. 1, January 1978.
OECD Labour Force Statistics 1965–76.
United Kingdom: latest published estimates in Department of Employment Gazette, July 1978.
Notes:
(1) The definition of employment covers only wage earners and salaried employees.
(2) The definition of employment includes establishments specialising in repair of motor vehicles, boots and shoes, electrical goods, etc.
(3) The definition of output excludes the sawmill and film industries and is therefore not consistent with the employment definition.
(4) The definition of output represents only 77 per cent. of manufacturing industry and is therefore not consistent with the employment definition.
(5) Break in series between 1973 and 1974.
(6) The definition of output excludes shipbuilding and is therefore not consistent with the employment definition