§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each member State of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development the percentage change in (a) a total industrial output (b) manufacturing output, from 1973 to 1978.
§ Mr. BiffenI have been asked to reply.
Industrial output data are not available for the period specified for Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and New Zealand; the information for the remaining countries is shown in the table below:
§ Mr. BiffenI have been asked to reply.
Such information as is available covers the years 1973 to 1977 for the whole economy.
Estimates of manufacturing output per employee are not available for Greece, Iceland, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey and New Zealand.
893WThe information requested for the remaining countries is shown in the tables
TABLE 1 OUTPUT PER PERSON EMPLOYED IN WHOLE ECONOMY AT CONSTANT PRICES Annual percentage growth rates 1973 to 1974 1974 to 1975 1975 to 1976 1976 to 1977 United Kingdom … -2.1 -1.2 4.3 0.7 Belgium … 3.3 -0.7 6.5 1.5 Denmark … 2.0 -0.1 3.7 0.9 France … 1.8 2.1 4.2 2.8 West Germany … -2.3 1.4 6.5 3.1 Ireland … 0.9 2.7 4.5 5.4 Italy … 2.2 -3.8 5.0 1.6 Luxembourg … 1.5 -9.7 3.8 1.6 Netherlands … 3.4 -0.2 4.7 2.7 Austria … 4.3 0.7 6.1 2.2 Finland … 1.2 1.3 2.7 2.8 Greece … -3.2 6.4 5.4 2.8 Iceland … 4.1 -2.9 2.0 3.5 Norway … 4.9 1.2 0.9 2.1 Portugal … -15.7 -1.4 5.1 6.7 Spain … 4.8 2.5 3.2 3.0 Sweden … 2.0 -1.8 0.5 -2.8 Switzerland … 2.1 -2.0 2.5 2.2 Turkey … 8.9 7.4 8.2 4.3 Canada … -0.7 -0.7 3.5 1.0 United States of America … -2.9 0.4 2.4 1.3 Japan … 0.1 1.6 5.4 3.8 Australia … 0.9 2.1 -0.3 1.5 New Zealand … 0.3 0.4 -0.9 -3.7 * Gross domestic product in purchasers' values at 1975 values and 1975 exchange rate. Source: OECD.
TABLE 2 MANUFACTURING OUTPUT PER EMPLOYEE* Annual percentage growth rates 1973 to 1974 1974 to 1975 1975 to 1976 United Kingdom … … … … -1.7 -1.8 +4.6 Belgium … … … … 3.7 -4.8 13.7 Denmark … … … … .. .. 9.5 France† … … … … 1.8 -5.7 12.0 West Germany … … … … -0.3 -0.8 11.3 Ireland … … … … 0.5 — 14.4 Italy … … … … -0.2 -9.3 12.7 Luxembourg … … … … -1.5 -19.9 11.3 Netherlands … … … … 1.4 -3.6 10.5 Austria … … … … -0.3 -5.6 .. Finland‡ … … … … -0.2 -3.8 6.2 Norway … … … … 2.9 -7.8 -1.0 Spain … … … … 10.2 -12.0 11.6 Sweden§ … … … … 0.8 -4.9 -15.6 Canada … … … … .. .. 2.2 United States of America … … … … 0.1 -2.4 7.4 Japan … … … … -2.4 -6.6 10.5 Australia … … … … 1.9 -0.9 6.1 .. = Not available. * Manufacturing output at constant 1975 prices per manufacturing wage earner and salaried employee. † The definition of manufacturing output represents only 77 per cent. of manufacturing industry and is therefore not consistent with the employment definition. ‡ Estimates of wage earners and salaried employees also include those in mining and quarrying and gas, electricity and water industries and are therefore not consistent with the output definition. § Estimates of wage earners and salaried employees also include those in mining and quarrying; gas, electricity and water and construction industries and are therefore not consistent with the output definition. Sources:
Industrial production 1960–75 (OECD).
Indicators of industrial activity 1979–1 (OECD).
United Kindgom—Department of Employment Gazette, May 1979.
Other countires—Labour Force Statistics 1965–76 (OECD).
894Wbelow: