HC Deb 13 November 1979 vol 973 cc536-7W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the annual increase in gross domestic product, manufacturing output, and productivity in manufacturing and non-manufacturing, other than oil and gas, in the United Kingdom in each of the years 1952 to 1978; and what was the corresponding rate of unemployment.

UNITED KINGDOM TABLE
Percentage change on previous years
Output Output per person employed Unemployment rate (percentage)
Whole economy Whole economy other than extraction of petroleum and natural gas Manufacturing industries Whole economy other than extraction of petroleum and natural gas
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1952 … … -0.7 -5.0 -0.6 1.6
1953 … … +4.1 +7.1 +3.4 1.5
1954 … … +4.1 +5.4 +2.5 1.2
1955 … … +3.3 +6.3 +2.2 1.0
1956 … … +1.0 -0.2 +0.3 1.0
1957 … … +1.7 +2.4 +1.8 1.2
1958 … … -0.1 -0.9 +0.9 1.8
1959 … … +4.6 +5.8 +4.2 1.9
1960 … … +5.3 +8.0 +3.6 1.4
1961 … … +1.8 +0.2 +0.8 1.2
1962 … … +1.4 +0.2 +0.9 1.7
1963 … … +3.3 +3.6 +3.0 2.1
1964 … … +6.1 +9.1 +4.7 1.5
1965 … … +2.8 +2.8 +1.8 1.2
1966 … … +1.8 +1.8 +1.5 1.2
1967 … … +1.8 +0.6 +3.1 2.1
1968 … … +4.2 +7.1 +4.7 2.3
1969 … … +2.0 +3.7 +2.0 2.2
1970 … … +1.7 +0.4 +2.1 2.4
1971 … … +1.4 +1.4 -1.1 +3.2 3.2
1972 … … +3.1 +3.1 +2.5 +2.4 3.5
1973 … … +5.9 +6.0 +8.8 +3.8 2.5
1974 … … -1.8 -1.6 -1.2 -1.8 2.3
1975 … … -1.9 -1.9 -7.0 -1.3 3.7
1976 … … +2.2 +1.7 +2.1 +2.2 5.6
1977 … … +2.5 +1.5 +1.6 +1.2 6.0
1978 … … +2.9 +2.3 +0.5 +1.8 6.0
Column 1 Derived from output-based measure of gross domestic product (GDP(O)).
Column 2 Derived from GDP(O) excluding activities classified to exploration for, and extraction of, mineral oil, natural gas and natural gas condensates on land and offshore.
Column 3 Derived from index of industrial production for manufacturing industries adjusted, as from 1970, to allow for the use of delivery rather than production indicators in certain industries.
Column 4 Derived from Column 2—representing the output of manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors, other than oil and gas—divided by the total employed labour force.
Column 5 Total unemployed including school leavers as a percentage of total employees (employed and unemployed) at June each year.

Sources:

Column 1–4 Central Statistical Office.

Column 5 Department of Employment.