§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, further to his answer on 13 November concerning the growth in output and productivity over the past five years, he will circulate a table in the Official Report comparing
Balance of trade in goods other than oil Manufacturing industries 1975=100 Whole economy other than extraction of petroleum and natural gas and manufacturing industries 1975=100 £ million Output Output per person employed Output Output per person employed 1974 -1,810 107.5 101.8 99.8 100.9 1975 -128 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1976 372 102.1 104.6 101.5 100.8 1977 1,047 103.7 105.1 102.9 102.2 1978 840 104.1 106.5 106.0 104.5 1979 Jan-June -1,832 105.3 108.5 107.0 104.6 Col (1) Trade in goods other than oil on a balance of payments basis. Col (2) Index of industrial production for manufacturing industries, adjusted to allow for the use of delivery rather than production indicators in certain industries. Col (3) Derived from regularly published estimates of output per person employed in the manufacturing industries. Col (4) Derived from output-based measure of gross domestic product GDP (O), excluding manufacturing industries and activities classified to exploration for, and extraction of, mineral oil, natural gas and natural gas condensates on land and offshore. Col (5) Derived from col (4) divided by the total employed labour force in non-manufacturing sectors.