§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the explanation of the difference between the increase of 1.4 per cent, in output per head of occupied population in the United Kingdom between 1973 and 1976 given in the Written Answer to the hon. Member for Blaby on 27th February 1978 and the decrease of 1.2 per cent, in output per person employed in the United Kingdom between 1973 and 1976 given in the Written Answers to the hon. Member for Blaby on 13th June 1977; which is a better measure of the true trend of productivity over the period; and why.
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesI shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide a table showing (a) the increase in productivity in the United Kingdom, (b) the increase in productivity in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development area as a whole and (c) the increase in productivity in the United Kingdom expressed as a percentage of the increase in productivity in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development area as a whole, between 1973 and 1976, and for each of the seven previous three-year periods: 1970 to 1973, 1967 to 1970, 1964 to 1967, 1961 to 1964, 1958 to 1961, 1955 to 1958, and 1952 to 1955.
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§ Mr. Denzil DaviesI shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the percentage increase in national productivity, defined as output per person employed over the economy as a whole, between 1973 and 1977, and for each of the five four-year periods: 1969 to 1973, 1965 to 1969, 1961 to 1965, 1957 to 1961 and 1953 to 1957.
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesI shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.