HC Deb 05 March 1979 vol 963 c552W
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was Scotland's percentage share of (a) the United Kingdom and (b) the British domestic national product for each of the last 10 years to date.

Mr. Denzil Davies

Estimates of Scotland's percentage share of the United Kingdom and the British gross domestic product for the last ten years for which data are available are as follows:

SCOTTISH GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
Percentage of United Kingdom Percentage of Great Britain
1967 8.5 8.6
1968 8.5 8.7
1969 8.5 8.7
1970 8.6 8.8
1971 8.7 8.8
1972 8.6 8.8
1973 8.7 8.9
1974 8.8 9.0
1975 9.0 9.1
1976 9.0 9.3
Estimates of gross national product for countries within the United Kingdom are not available. The total for Great Britain differs from that for the United Kingdom as it excludes the economic activities of the Continental Shelf region and Northern Ireland.