§ 117. Mr. Biffenasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he possesses comprehensive and reliable data to produce a general and industrially classified index of wage/salary cost per unit output.
§ Mr. MacDermotA general index is published annually in the National Income Blue Book, and a half-yearly index for wage costs per unit of output in manufacturing industry is given in Economic Trends. Reliable figures for individual industries are not available.