§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for textiles the fall in output and the increase in productivity per person hour in the two years ending (a) the first quarter of 1972 and (b) the most recent quarter.
§ Mr. MacGregorInformation on productivity pe r person-hour is available only for manufacturing as a whole. The available information is as follows:
Textile Industry* Percentage changes Q1 1970 to Q1 1972 Q4 1979 to Q4 1981 Output† -2½ -24‡ Output per person employed +13 -2½‡ * Order XIH (Minimum List heading 411–429) of the SIC 1968. † based on the index of industrial production (1975=100). The index for the textile industry does not fully take into account changes in stock levels ‡ provisional.
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State far Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for the metal industries the increase in productivity per person hour and the fall in output in the two years ending (a) the first quarter of 1972 and (b) the most recent quarter.
§ Mr. MacGregorInformation on output per person. hour is available only for manufacturing as a whole Information is available for the metal industries as follows: 369W
Output and output per person employed in metal manufacture* Percentage changes Q1 1970 to Q1 1972 Q4 1979 to Q4 1981 Output† -21‡ -21 Output per person employed -10‡ +9 * SIC Order VI † Index of production (stock adjusted) ‡ Output and hence output per person employed were reduced in Q1 1972 by the effects of the dispute in the coal industry.
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for the engineering industry the increase in productivity per person-hour together with the fall in output in the two years ending (a) the first quarter of 1972 and (b) the most recent quarter.
§ Mr. MacGregorInformation on output per person-hour is not available for individual sectors within manufacturing industry. A comparison for the engineering sector using output per person employed is given in the table below.
Output and output per person employed in the combined engineering industries* Percentage changes Q1 1970 to Q1 1972 Q4 1979 to Q4 1981 Output† -3½ -12 Output per person employed +4½ +6½ * SIC Orders VII to IX † Index of production (not stock adjusted)
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the growth of output and output per head in the chemical industry since 1973 and May 1979 and the estimated fall in capacity as a result of closures, together with his estimate of the extent to which productivity has been increased solely as a result of closures and their effect on the statistical average.
§ Mr. MacGregorInformation relating to the growth of output and ouput per head is given below:
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Chemicals Industry* Percentage change over previous period Output† Output per head 1974 + 4 + 2 1975 - 8½ - 7½ 1976 + 12 + 13½ 1977 + 3½ + 1 1978 + 1 n.c. 1979 + 2 + 1½ 1980 - 8 - 5 1981 (p) - 1 + 7 Seasonally adjusted 1979 Q3‡ - 1 - 1 Q4 - 2 - 1½ 1980 Q1 + ½ + 1 Q2 - 7½ - 6½ Q3 - 4½ - 2½ Q4 - ½ + 2 1981 Q1 n.c. + 2 Q2 + 3 + 5½ Q3(P) + 4½ + 5½ Q4(p) - 4 - 2½ p = provisional.
n.c. = no charge.
* Order V of the SIC 1968.
† Based on the index of industrial production (1975 = 100).
‡ Compared with Q2.
The index for the chemicals industry does not take into account changes in stock levels. Statistics relating to capacity in the chemical industry, and to the effects of plant closures, are not available.