§ Lord Diamondasked Her Majesty's Government:
When the so-called "basket of currencies" Sterling Exchange Rate Index last stood at 100, what were the index figures for each constituent currency at that date and again at the most recently available date; and what was the dollar exchange rate of each of those currencies on both dates.
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Arts (The Earl of Gowrie)Sterling's Exchange Rate Index last stood at 100 on 2nd April 1981. The other data requested are as follows:
2nd April 1981 20th March 1985 Index1(1975=100) $ exchange rate2 Index1(1975=100) $ exchange rate2 Pound Sterling 100.1 2.2337 74.0 1.1382 US dollar 100.2 — 151.3 — Australian dollar 90.3 1.1628 71.0 0.6955 Austrian schilling 116.9 14.885 109.7 22.945 Belgian franc 108.1 34.5 88.1 65.765 Canadian dollar 86.3 1.1813 88.9 1.374 Danish krone 89.9 6.6225 76.2 11.675
Number of stoppages beginning in year and workers involved Number of stoppages Workers involved Working days lost in stoppages in progress Total Total Known Official Percentage Known Official Total(000's) Total Known Official (000's) Percentage Known Official Total (000's) Total known Official (000's) Percentage Known Official 1963 2,068 49 2.4 590 80 13.6 1,755 527 30.0 1964 2,524 70 2.8 872 161 18.5 2,277 690 30.3 1965 2,354 97 4.1 868 94 10.8 2,925 607 20.8 1966 1,937 60 3.1 530 50 9.4 2,398 1,172 48.9 1967 2,116 108 5.1 731 36 4.9 2,787 394 14.1 1968 2,378 91 3.8 2,255 1,565 69.4 4,690 2,199 46.9 1969 3,116 98 3.2 1,654 283 17.1 6,846 1,613 23.6 1970 3,906 162 4.2 1,793 296 16.5 10,980 3,320 30.2 1971 2,228 161 7.2 1,171 376 32.1 13,551 10,050 74.2 1972 2,497 160 6.4 1,722 635 36.9 23,909 18,228 76.2 1973 2,873 132 4.6 1,513 396 26.2 7,197 2,009 27.9 1974 2,922 125 4.3 1,622 467 28.8 14,750 7,040 47.7 1975 2,282 139 6.1 789 80 10.1 6,012 1,148 19.1 1976 2,016 69 3.4 666 46 6.9 3,284 472 14.4 1977 2,703 79 2.9 1,155 205 17.7 10,142 2,512 24.8 1978 2,471 90 3.6 1,001 123 12.3 9,405 4,052 43.1 1979 2,080 82 3.9 4,583 3,648 79.6 29,474 23,512 79.8 1980 1,330 67 5.0 830 404 48.7 11,964 10,081 84.3 1981 1,338 55 4.1 1,499 874 58.3 4,266 1,980 46.4 1982 1,528 .. .. 2,101 .. .. 5,313 .. .. 1983 1,352 .. .. 573 .. .. 3,754 .. .. 1984(p) 1,154 .. .. 1,375 .. .. 26,564 .. .. Notes
(p) Figures for 1984 are provisional
.. not available
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2nd April 1981 20th March 1985 Index1 (1975=100) $ exchange rate2 Index1(1975=100) $ exchange rate2 Finnish markka 89.0 4.055 75.5 6.7575 French franc 87.1 4.9685 63.4 10.00 Deutschemark 121.5 2.1048 119.6 3.27 Irish punt 80.3 1.7347 65.8 0.9565 Italian lira 59.8 1047.5 44.8 2078 Japanese yen 142.4 213.4 155.1 257.45 Netherlands guilder 112.6 2.3345 110.0 3.6925 Norwegian krone 97.5 5.3785 81.3 9.3425 Spanish peseta 69.2 85.30 47.8 180.60 Swedish krone 91.7 4.593 65.9 9.305 Swiss franc 135.8 1.9187 135.0 2.763 1. Calculated from a weighted average of the bilateral exchange rates between the currency in question and other major currencies (as listed above) with the weights derived from the IMF's Multilateral Exchange Rate Model.
2. All rates are expressed as currency/$, except for sterling and the Irish punt, which are expressed as $/currency.