HC Deb 13 March 1978 vol 946 c43W
Mr. Tebbit

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the latest comparable figures of gross national product per head, expressed in £ sterling terms, for the United Kingdom, the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic.

Mr. Denzil Davies

Based on international sources, the latest estimates of gross national product per head for the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany relate to 1976. The figures are £2,195 and £2,755 respectively. Estimates for the German Democratic Republic are not available. The figure for the Federal Republic of Germany has been converted to £ sterling terms on the basis of a purchasing power parity for gross domestic product, extrapolated to 1976 from the comparisons made by the United Nations of relative prices of goods and services in 1970.