§ Mr. Knoxasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table for each year since 1945 in the form of an annual index, output per person employed, indicating break periods caused by redefinitions of the index where appropriate.
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesThe table below shows output per person employed in the United Kingdom at constant 1970 prices in index number form (1970=100):
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1945 … … .. 1946 … … .. 1947 … … .. 1948 … … 61.2 1949 … … 63.4† 1950 … … 65.1 1951 … … 65.5 1952 … … 65.0 1953 … … 67.3 1954 … … 69.0 1955 … … 70.4 1956 … … 70.6 1957 … … 72.0 1958 … … 72.5† 1959 … … 75.6 1960 … … 78.4 1961 … … 79.1 1962 … … 79.8 1963 … … 82.2 1964 … … 86.0 1965 … … 87.6 1966 … … 89.0 1967 … … 91.6 1968 … … 96.0 1969 … … 97.9† 1970 … … 100.0 1971 … … 103.3 1972 … … 105.5 1973 … … 109.2 1974 … … 108.3 1975 … … 107.0 1976 … … 109.0 ..=not available. † = redefinitions at this point may have caused some discontinuity in the series. Output is measured by the output-based estimate of gross domestic product at constant factor cost. Persons employed include employees in employment, self-employed persons—with or without employees—and Her Majesty's Forces. Full-time and part-time workers are counted as full units.