HC Deb 14 July 1977 vol 935 c249W
Mr. Knox

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much productivity has risen in manufacturing industry in each of the past 10 years.

Mr. Joel Barnett

The table below shows the percentage changes in output at constant prices per person employed in manufacturing industry:

1967 … … +3.6
1968 … … +7.8
1969 … … +2.4
1970 … … +0.7
1971 … … +2.8
1972 … … +6.0
1973 … … +7.8
1974 … … —1.6
1975 (provisional) … … —1.8
1976 (provisional) … … +3.8

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.