§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the gross domestic product and employment, respectively, was accounted for by manufacturing in each year since 1948.
§ Mr. LawsonSuch information as is available is presented in the table below:
United Kingdom Percentage of gross domestic product (income measure at current prices) accounted for by manufacturing industry‡ Percentage of total employees in employment in manufacturing industry§ 1948 n.a. 39.8* 1949 n.a. 40.5* 1950 n.a. 41.0 1951 n.a. 41.7 1952 n.a. 41.4 1953 n.a. 41.6 1954 n.a. 41.9 1955 n.a. 42.5 1956 n.a. 42.3 1957 n.a. 42.1 1958 n.a. 42.0 1959 n.a. 37.7║ 1960 36 38.5 1961 35 38.4 1962 34 37.7 1963 33 37.0 1964 34 37.1 1965 34 37.1 1966 34 36.9 1967 33 36.5 1968 32 36.4 1969 33 36.9 1970 33 37.1 1971 32 36.4 1972 31 35.2 1973 31 34.5 1974 29 34.5 1975 28 33.0 1976 28 32.1 1977 29 32.2 1978 29 31.9† 1979 n.a. 31.3† n.a. Not available. * Estimate. † Provisional. ‡ Meaningful proportions can only be derived from current price estimates of gross domestic product. These are only readily available from 1960 onwards. § Readily available data relate only to employees in employment and are calculated from mid-year estimates; self-employed and H.M. Forces are excluded. ║ Data prior to 1959 are compiled on the basis of the 1948 Standard Industrial Classification. Data from 1959 to 1979 are complied on a continuous Industrial Classification and are therefore not fully consistent with the data from 1948 to 1958. Sources:
GDP: Central Statistical Office.
Employment: Department of Employment.