§ Mr. Knoxasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Reporta table showing (a)for the United Kingdom and (b)for Great Britain the output per man in manufacturing industry as a quarterly average for each quarter since 1945.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonNo separate figures are available for Great Britain. The available figures representing net output per person employed in manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom are normally published in index number form and are given below. In 1970 the average value of net output per person employed in manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom was £1,540.
NET OUTPUT PER PERSON EMPLOYED IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY At constant 1970 prices 1970=100 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1950 60.3 1951 60.6 1952 58.1 1953 58.1 1954 63.5 1955 65.9 1956 65.4 1957 67.1 1958 67.3 1959 71.1 Seasonally adjusted 1960 74.8 74.3 74.0 74.4 1961 73.6 74.2 73.7 72.9 1962 73.0 74.4 75.3 74.8 1963 73.9 77.0 79.6 81.1 1964 83.6 83.1 83.6 85.6 1965 85.1 85.3 84.9 86.1 1966 87.5 87.1 87.6 85.7 1967 87.9 89.5 90.3 92.4 1968 95.5 96.9 97.1 97.3 1969 98.1 99.8 99.2 99.2 1970 98.9 99.1 100.5 101.5 1971 100.4 102.9 103.7 104.2 1972 103.9 108.4 109.9 113.5 1973 117.2 116.9 118.4 116.9 1974 112.2 115.9 116.7 113.2 Notes
(1). Output is measured by the index of manufacturing production. Persons employed include employees in employment, employers and self-employed persons; full-time and part-time workers are all counted as full units.
(2). Data on employment have been taken from Department of Employment sources.