§ Mr. BowisTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the state-owned commercial sector in 1979 has now been transferred to the private sector.
§ Mr. Norman LamontSince 1979, around 45 per cent. of the state-owned sector of industry has been transferred to the private sector.
Output per head (percentage change on year earlier) United Kingdom France Germany Italy USA Japan Sweden (a) Whole economy 1981 2.2 1.8 0.9 0.9 1.2 3.0 -0.1 1982 4.3 2.4 1.1 0.6 -1.7 1.8 1.0 1983 4.2 1.0 3.1 0.8 2.6 1.4 2.3 1984 1.0 2.2 2.6 2.8 2.9 4.4 4.6 1985 2.0 2.0 1.3 2.4 1.7 4.0 1.5 1986 2.4 1.9 1.3 2.4 0.7 1.6 0.0 1987 2.9 2.0 1.2 3.3 0.9 3.3 0.8 19881 2.6 3.0 2.9 2.4 1.7 4.2 0.0 Period average 2.7 2.0 1.8 2.0 2.2 3.0 1.3 (b) Manufacturing 1981 3.5 1.3 0.3 2.7 2.7 -0.1 1.9 1982 6.5 1.5 0.4 -0.2 -0.6 -0.3 2.5 1983 8.5 1.1 5.0 1.3 9.9 3.6 5.7 1984 5.8 3.2 4.2 8.3 6.8 8.0 4.3 1985 2.9 3.3 3.1 2.3 2.7 1.8 0.1 1986 3.0 2.5 0.5 4.3 3.8 -0.9 -0.2 1987 7.1 4.8 0.3 4.7 3.8 5.2 7.3 19882 7.5 5.6 6.3 4.7 2.9 7.2 2.0 Period average 5.6 3.0 2.5 3.5 4.0 3.1 3.0 1 The figures for 1988 are based on the quarterly averages of OECD estimates of total output for the whole year and actual employment for the first three quarters (except for the United Kingdom, for which actual average productivity for the first three quarters is used). These figures for 1988 are compared with the average level of productivity in 1987. 2 The estimates for 1988 compare the average level of manufacturing productivity in the first three quarters (except for France and the United Kingdom, for which data are available for the first half and the whole year respectively) with the average level in 1987 as a whole.