HC Deb 16 June 1988 vol 135 c263W
46. Mr. Quentin Davies

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the annual growth of productivity for the whole economy since 1980.

66. Mr. Fallon

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the annual growth of productivity for the whole economy since 1980.

Mr. Major

Since 1980 output per head in the whole economy has grown at an average rate of 2.7 per cent. per year, about the same as Japan and faster than any other major industrialised country.