§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish
Pre-tax trading profits of companies in manufacturing industry after deducting stock appreciation and capital consumption at replacement cost 1960 = 100 Net fixed capital formation by companies in manufacturing industry Private sector employment in manufacturing industry Current prices Constant prices 1960 … … 100 100 100 100 1961 … … 90 134 130 102 1962 … … 87 121 115 101 1963 … … 97 97 89 100 1964 … … 109 125 113 101 1965 … … 112 151 131 103 1966 … … 103 160 134 103 1967 … … 106 141 117 100 1968 … … 111 155 124 96 1969 … … 100 198 152 98 1970 … … 97 220 156 97 1971 … … 99 184 119 94 1972 … … 113 125 75 91 1973 … … 108 179 96 92 1974 … … 50 275 125 92 Sources—
National accounts estimates of profits, stock appreciation, capital consumption and capital formation.
"Employment in the public and private sectors 1959–74 "—Economic Trends February 1976.
Notes—
Estimates of the value of output in private sector manufacturing industry are not readily available; estimates of the volume of output in manufacturing industry public and private are published on page 26 of Economic Trends for the years 1965 onwards and page 65 of the annual supplement to Economic Trends for earlier years.
Private sector employment in manufacturing industry covers employees in employment only—i.e. excludes employers and self-employed—in private sector enterprises as defined in the national accounts.
Trading profits and net fixed capital formation of companies covers companies in the private sector only and excludes unincorporated businesses.