§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for manufacturing plants in Wales generally and for those which are owned by Japanese firms (a) the gross value added as a percentage of gross output, (b) wages and salaries, respectively, as a percentage of gross output and(c) average wages and salaries, respectively, per head.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe required statistics for Welsh manufacturing plants and Japanese owned firms in Wales are given in the following table:
All manufacturing plants Japanese owned plants per cent. per cent. (a) Gross value added as a percentage of gross output 27 18 (b) Wages (operatives excluding jobbers) as a percentage of gross output 12 6 Salaries (administrative, technical and clerical employees excluding working proprietors) as a percentage of gross output 6 4 £ £ (c) Average wages (operatives excluding jobbers) per head 5,719 4,194 Average salaries (administrative, technical and clerical employees excluding working proprietors) per head 7,372 5,251 Source: Business Statistics Office (Annual Census of Production 1981).