§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will bring up to date the information on output and productivity in his reply of 13 November 1979, Official Report, c. 536–7 (a) substituting the whole economy less production industries for the whole economy less petroleum and so on and (b) adding the figure for productivity in manufacturing.
§ Mr. WakehamSuch information as is readily available is shown in the following table:
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Percentage change on previous year Output Output per person employed Whole economy Whole economy less production industries Manufacturing Whole economy less production industries Manufacturing Unemployment rate (percentage) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1979 +2.1 +2.0 +0.2 +0.9 +1.6 5.6 1980 -2.7 +0.3 -9.0 +0.6 -3.4 7.3 1981 -2.6 -1.0 -6.3 +1.2 +4.2 11.3 Notes: NA Not available. Col. (1) Derived from output-based measure of gross domestic product (GDP(O)). Col. (2) Derived from GDP(O) less those activities classified to the index of industrial production industries, available continuously only from 1967. Col. (3) Derived from the index of industrial production for manufacturing industries adjusted, as from 1970, to allow for changes in the levels of stocks in those sectors where production indicators do not already take them into account. Col. (4) Derived from column 2—representing the output of the whole economy less index of industrial production industries—divided by the total employed labour force classified to those sectors. Col. (5) Derived from column 3—representing the output of manufacturing industries—divided by total employed labour force classified to those industries. Col. (6) Total unemployed including school leavers as a percentage of total employees (employed and unemployed) at June each year in Great Britain. Sources:
Cols. (1) to (5) Central Statistical Office.
Col. (6) Department of Employment.