§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1970 the annual increase in productivity of (a) the whole economy less oil and gas and production industries and (b) manufacturing industry.
§ Mr. Peter ReesThe available information is as follows:
Output Per Person Employed Whole economy less production industries* Manufacturing industries Percentage change since previous year 1971 na 2.2 1972 1.9 5.7 1973 0.5 8.7 1974 -1.5 -1.5 1975 -1.7 -2.6 1976 1.3 5.3 1977 1.8 1.6 1978 2.6 0.9 1979 0.4 0.5 1980 -1.7 -3.9 1981 0.4 3.4 1982 2.6 6.3 1983 2.1 7.4 1984 1.1 4.8 na = not available * Production industries are defined as Divisions 1 to 4 of the 1980 Standard Industrial Classification and include oil and gas industries.