§ Mr. Tebbitasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the output per head of occupied population, for each quarter from first quarter 1974 to the latest available date, using in each case the first quarter 1974 as a base of 100, in the United Kingdom, United States of America, France, Japan, Italy and West Germany.
§ Mr. Denzil Davies,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 20th March 1978], gave the following information:
Information comparing the United Kingdom figures with the countries listed for the period requested is not readily available. Consistent quarterly data are available only from the second quarter of 1975. Output per head for quarters from this date expressed in terms of average 1974 as 100 is shown below.
ter from first quarter 1974 to the latest available date, using the first quarter 1974 as a base of 100 in each case, for the United Kingdom, United States of America, France, West Germany, Italy and Japan.
§ Mr. Denzil Davies,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 20th March 1978], gave the following information;
Information comparing the United Kingdom figure with the countries listed for the period requested is not readily 625W available. Consistent quarterly data are available only from the fourth quarter of 1975. Expressed in terms of average
TABLE 1 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT* Seasonally adjusted 1974=100 United Kingdom United States West Germany Japan Italy 1975— 4th quarter … 94 95 9 92 93 1976— 1st quarter … 95 98 100 98 98 2nd quarter … 96 100 102 102 102 3rd quarter … 96 101 103 103 103 4th quarter … 98 102 104 105 108 1977— 1st quarter … 99 103 105 106 111 2nd quarter … 97 106 105 107 103 3rd quarter … 98 107 104 106 101 Source: United Kingdom—latest published estimates. Other countries—OECD Main Economic Indicators. * Index of production for all industries excluding construction.
TABLE 2 MANUFACTURING OUTPUT United Kingdom United States West Germany Japan Italy 1975— 4th quarter 93 94 96 91 92 1976— 1st quarter … 93 98 99 97 97 2nd quarter … 95 100 101 101 101 3rd quarter … 95 101 102 102 103 4th quarter … 96 101 103 104 108 1977— 1st quarter … 97 102 105 105 111 2nd quarter … 95 106 104 106 102 3rd quarter … 95 107 103 105 .. Source:
OECD Industrial Production—Quarterly supplement to Main Economic Indicators 1977–4.
Quarterly data for France are not available.