§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Prime Minister whether she will publish in the Official Report a table showing output per head for the whole working population for the latest 12 months for which figures are available as a percentage of 1973 and 1979; and if she will provide similar figures excluding the production of oil and gas.
§ The Prime MinisterFigures of output per head in the United Kingdom are usually published on the basis of numbers employed, that is, employees in employment plus self-employed persons. The working population includes the claimant unemployed. An output per head series compiled on the definition requested for the whole economy is shown below. As there is no way of allocating 303W all the unemployed to individual industries, it is not possible to compile figures on this definition below whole economy level.
Output per head (1980 = 100) Of numbers employed Of the working population—whole economy Whole economy Whole economy excluding extraction of mineral oil and natural gas* 1973 99.6 95.7 99.2 1979 103.7 102.3 102.5 Latest 12 months (1983 Q4 to 1984 Q3) 104.6 111.0 109.1 per cent. per cent. per cent. Latest 12 months as percentage of 1973 105.0 116.0 110.0 Latest 12 months as percentage of 1979 100.9 108.5 106.4 * Class 13 of the Standard Industrial Classification 1980.