§ Mr. John Mooreasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a
PERCENTAGE RATE OF CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS YEAR IN OUTPUT PER PERSON EMPLOYED PRODUCTION INDUSTRIES 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 United Kingdom(a) … … … … +6.4 -3.1 -1.3 +3.3* +0.8* France(b) … … … … … +6.1* +3.3* +3.2* +9.3* — German Federal Republic(a) … … … +6.5 +0.9 0 +9.5 — Italy … … … … … … +8.5 +2.6 -9.3 † — Luxembourg(c) … … … … … +9.1 -1.9 -17.0 +6.8 — Netherlands … … … … … +10.3 +4.7 -2.2 +10.7 — Ireland(a), (d) … … … … … +7.3 +2.6 +2.5 +10.6 — United States of America(c) … … … +0.9 -4.7 +1.0 +3.9 — Japan(a), (e) … … … … … +19.8 +0.7 -5.7 +14.4 — * Provisional. † Not available. Notes: (a) United Kingdom includes construction; German Federal Republic and Ireland exclude electricity, gas and water; Japan excludes water. (b) Net production per man-hour. (c) Gross production per employed person. (d) Net production per wage earner. (e) Net production per man-day. Sources: United Kingdom: Department of Employment Gazette, April 1978, Table 134. Other countries: ILO Yearbook of Labour Statistics 1977, Table 17B.