HC Deb 26 May 1994 vol 244 c319W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what has been the percentage change in(a) manufacturing output and (b) manufacturing productivity in Britain and each of the European Union countries., Japan and the United States since 1979.

Mr. Sainsbury

The information available is given in the table:

Growth in manufacturing output and manufacturing productivity (output per head) between 1979 and 1993
Percentage change
Output Productivity
Belgium 17 n/a
Denmark n/a n/a
France 1 30
West Germany 14 15
Greece -1 n/a
Ireland n/a n/a
Italy 12 32
Luxembourg 34 n/a
Netherlands 27 n/a
Portugal 41 n/a
Spain n/a n/a
United Kingdom 5 66
Japan 43 26
United States 38 63

Sources: CSO/OECD.

Notes:

n/a=Not available on a comparable basis.

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