§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing index numbers of manufacturing output per person employed in manufacturing, at constant market prices, in the United Kingdom, United States of America, West Germany, France, Japan and Italy, for each year from 1973 to 1977, taking 1973 as 100 for each of the countries specified and taking the 1977 figure as the average of those months for which figures are already available in each case.
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesI will let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table 149W showing index numbers of output per head of occupied population at constant market prices in the United Kingdom, United States of America, West Germany, France, Japan and Italy, for each year from 1973 to 1977, taking 1973 as 100 for each of the countries specified, and taking the 1977 figure as the average of those months for which figures are already available in each case.
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesI will let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish two tables showing index numbers of (a) industrial output and (b) manufacturing output at constant market prices in the United Kingdom, United States of America, West Germany, France, Japan and Italy, for each year from 1973 to 1977, taking 1973 as 100 for each of the countries specified, and taking the 1977
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT* AT CONSTANT MARKET PRICES 1973=100 United Kingdom United States* West Germany* France Japan* Italy 1973 … … 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1974 … … 98.8 98.6 100.4 102.5 98.7 103.9 1975 … … 96.9 97.3 97.9 102.1 101.3 100.3 1976 … … 99.8 103.2 103.4 107.3 107.3 105.9 1977 … … 99.9 108.3 106.0 N.A. 112.4† 107.8† Source: United Kingdom—latest published estimates. France—estimates published by INSEE. Other countries—OECD Main Economic Indicators. N.A.=Not available. * Gross national product for United States, West Germany and Japan. † Average of first three quarters of 1977 at an annual rate. The series has been derived from data which have not been standardised to international definitions; but differences in definition are unlikely to have an appreciable effect on the comparability of growth rates over this period. OECD published projections suggest that the United Kingdom growth rate in 1978 will be above the average for European OECD countries.