§ Mr. Knoxasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by how much productivity rose in manufacturing industry in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. NottThe table below shows the year to year percentage increases in output at constant prices per person employed in manufacturing industry:
1963 4.6 1964 7.2 1965 2.2 1966 1.6 1967 2.8 1968 7.0 1969 2.1 1970 1.5 1971 3.1 (provisional) 1972 7.3 (provisional) Output is measured by the index of manufacturing production. Persons employed include employees, employers and self-employed persons; full-time and parti-time workers are all counted as full units. The figures are published regularly in the Monthly Digest of Statistics.