§ Mr. Stuart Hollandasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the productivity in terms of output per worker in the nine major nationalised industries in the United Kingdom, respectively, plus the NEB and its subsidiary companies in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979.
§ Mr. BiffenThere is no central collection of this information by Her Majesty's Government other than that published by the industries in their annual report and accounts. The industries have improved this published information, from which it is generally possible to gain an indication of the movements of productivity over the period required.