§ Mr. Knoxasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the annual average rate of change in output per person employed in (a) all industries and (b) manufacturing industry only, for the periods 1945 to 1951, 1952 to 1964, 1965 to 1970, 1971 to 1974 and 1975 to 1977; and, from information available from international sources, if he will give the comparable figures for each of the other member countries of the EEC, the United States of America, Canada and Japan.
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesThis information is not available for the United Kingdom for periods before 1960, nor is it yet available for 1977. For other countries the latest published figures relate to 1975.162W For other periods the only comparable information that is readily available is as shown in the following table:
OUTPUT PER PERSON EMPLOYED ANNUAL AVERAGE RATES OF CHANGE Percentages All production industries Manufacturing industry United Kingdom 1960–64 +3.5 +3.1 1965–70 +3.1 +3.2 1971–74 +2.6 +4.0 1975–76 +2.9 +4.1 Belgium 1965–70 +7.4 +6.8 1971–72 (+7.8) (+6.9) France (a) 1965–70 +7.1 … 1971–74 +5.9 … German Federal Republic 1965–70 +4.8 +4.6 1971–74 +4.4 +4.4 Italy 1965–70 +6.8 +6.8 1971–74 +5.3 +6.3 Luxembourg (b) 1965–70 +3.8 … 1971–74 +2.0 … Netherlands 1965–70 +9.7 +7.7 1971–74 +7.2 +5.7 United States of America 1965–70 +1.0 +1.2 1971–74 +0.6 +0.9 Canada 1965–70 … +3.5 1971–74 … +2.1 Japan (c) 1965–70 +13.2 +13.5 1971–74 +10.0 +10.4 Notes:
(a) Net production per man-hour.
(b) Gross production per employed person.
(c) Net production per man-day.
Sources:
United Kingdom: Latest by Department of Employment.
Other countries: ILO Yearbook of Labour Statistics 1975 and 1976.