HC Deb 15 June 1976 vol 913 c105W
Mr. Ralph Howell

asked 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.