§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Industry what his estimate of investment, per capita, in manufacturing in the United Kingdom in the period 1974–79 is and how this figure compares as a percentage with the per capita figures for (a) the United States of America, (b) France, (c) Japan and (d) Germany.
§ Mr. David MitchellInvestment in national currencies has been converted to sterling using purchasing power parities, prepared by the Statistical Office of the European Communities, for France and the Federal Republic of Germany. Comparable purchasing power parities are not available for Japan and United States of America and exchange rates have been used. The data for France include the mining, quarrying, gas, electricity and water industries.
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GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION (GFCF), AT CURRENT PRICES, PER HEAD IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY United Kingdom GFCF per headas percentage of GFCF per head for United Kingdom£per head Federal Republic of Germany France* United States of America Japan 1974 … 390 79 47 31 39 1975 … 470 77 47 33 58 1976 … 546 73 45 29 52 1977 … 682 n.a. 50 31 n.a. 1978 … 806 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1979 … 911 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.=Not available. * Includes data for mining and quarrying, gas, electricity and water industries. Sources:
National Accounts of OECD Countries.
Eurostat National Accounts ESA.
ILO Yearbook of Labour Statistics.
United Nations Yearbook of National Accounts Statistics.
Monthly Digest of Statistics, March 1980, United Kingdom.
National Income and Expenditure 1979, United Kingdom.