§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the gross value added per person in civilian employment in Scotland for every year since 1979, with 1979 = 100.
§ Mr. LangThe information is not available in the form requested.
322WThere are no separate price deflators for Scotland and the use of United Kingdom price deflators is no longer considered to give sufficiently reliable constant price estimates. Figures are therefore given at current prices.
Gross value added figures are available only for manufacturing industries in Scotland and are taken from the annual census of production.
The table below gives estimates of gross value added, employment and gross value added per employee at current prices for the years in question. The figures relate to financial years. It is not appropriate to index these current price figures to 1979 = 100.
Year Manufacturing industry Scotland Gross value added £ millions Employment '000 Gross value added per employee £ 1979 4,573 577 7,925 1980 4,756 533 8,921 1981 5,100 477 10,700 1982 5,414 448 12,087 1983 5,772 420 13,743 1984 5,830 397 14,693 1985 6,399 392 16,316 1986 6,192 381 16,235 1987 7,086 370 19,150 Source: Annual census of production