§ Mr. Hollandasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state in the Official Report the number of public bodies, excluding departmental committees but including statutory corporations, to which he makes paid appointments, the total number of such appointments and the estimated total cost to 657W public funds for the last year for which information is available.
§ Mr. Healey,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 28th June 1978; Vol. 952, c. 590–1], gave the following answer:
In my capacity as Chancellor of the Exchequer I am responsible for the five part-time paid appointments to the Review Board for Government Contracts. The salaries of the members of the review board total £7,400 per annum. The total cost of the board for the year ended 31st July 1977, the last year for which the information is available, was£33,929.
MANUFACTURING OUTPUT PER HEAD*: PERCENTAGE CHANGES 1970=100 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 West Germany: Index numbers 101.9 113.4 122.0 121.6 119.4 Changes +1.9 +11.3 +7.6 -0.3 -1.8 France†: Index numbers 103.9 110.8 117.4 119.4 110.8 Changes +3.9 +6.6 +6.0 + 1.7 -7.2 Italy: Index numbers 99.2 104.6 113.4 114.4 103.3 Changes -0.8 +5.4 +8.4 +0.9 -9.7 Netherlands: Index numbers 105.5 112.3 120.5 123.5 118.2 Changes +5.5 +6.4 +7.3 +2.5 -4.3 Belgium: Index numbers 102.2 110.8 117.9 122.0 115.8 Changes +2.2 +8.4 +6.4 +3.5 -5.1 United Kingdom: Index numbers 103.4 109.2 118.1 114.3 113.5 Changes +3.4 +5.6 +8.2 -3.2 -0.7 Irish Republic: Index numbers 103.5 109.5 117.8 118.0 117.6 Changes +3.5 +5.8 +7.6 +0.2 -0.3 United States of America‡: Index numbers 104.2 109.4 114.8 113.9 112.9 Changes +4.2 +5.0 +4.9 -0.8 -0.9 Japan: Index numbers 102.6 105.6 122.1 119.7 112.6 Changes +2.6 +2.9 +15.6 -2.0 -5.9 Sources: OECD Industrial Production Historical Statistics 1960–1975. OECD Labour Force Statistics 1964–1975. * Manufacturing output at constant 1970 prices per head of manufacturing employment. † The definition of manufacturing output excludes food, beverages, clothing and wood products and furniture and is therefore not consistent with the employment definition. ‡ The definition of employment covers only wage earners; and salaried employees and excludes the self-employed. Data for Luxembourg and Denmark are not available. Data for Luxembourg and Denmark are not available.